Richard Seifert Architect London buildings, Nat West Tower photo, Reuben designs in England, 20th Century UK office blocks
Richard Seifert Architect : Architecture
Buildings by R. Seifert & Partners (Architects), United Kingdom
post updated 16 February 2024
Richard Seifert (real name Reuben Seifert, later Robin but popularily Richard)
(1910-2001)
Reuben was a Swiss-Jewish architect. his design firm was responsible for more London buildings than Sir Christopher Wren. The architecture practice designed more than 500 office blocks across Europe, mostly located in England.
Richard Seifert Architect
Key Richard Seifert Buildings – Key Projects:
Nat West Tower, 25 Old Broad Street, City of London, EC2, England, UK
Dates built: 1971-80/81
Design: R. Seifert & Partners
183m high, 47 floors – probably the most famous design by Richard
photograph © Adrian Welch
Natwest Tower – latterly Tower 42 – International Financial Centre.
This was the tallest building in London until 1990. The skyscraper was sadly damaged by IRA bombs in 1992 & 1993.
Centre Point (or Centrepoint), 101 New Oxford Street, central London, England, UK
Date built: 1963
35 storeys; 116m high
photo © Nick Weall
Centre Point Tower in London became the tallest building in the city when completed: glass-clad precast concrete-frame office block.
Location: junction of Charing Cross Road and Oxford Street
Property developer: Harry Hyams
Building unlet for 15 yrs
First Tenant: The Confederation of British Industry 1979
Space House, 1 Kemble Street, off Kingsway, London, England, UK
Dates built: 1962/65
photo © Nick Weall
Space House
London Euston + office buildings + bus station, London, England, UK
Date built: 1968
photo © Adrian Welch
Euston Station building
Richard Seifert & Partners – Buildings
Alpha Tower, Ladywood, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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ATV Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
– ; demolished
Berners St, London
Date built: 1958
British Steel Corporation Research Laboratories, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Northeast England, UK
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Charing Cross office tower, Glasgow, Scotland
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Drapers Gardens, London, England, UK
Dates built: 1967/72
Hilton London Metropole, Edgware Road, Westminster, Northwest London, England, UK
Date built: –
Holborn Centre, Holborn, Camden, London, England, UK
Date built: –
1 Kemble Street : see Space House
Princess Grace hospital, Euston Road, central-north London, England, UK
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Rival Lamps factory building, London, England, UK
Date built: 1947
Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, southwest London, England, UK
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Tolworth House, Kingston bypass, London, England, UK
Date built: 1960
22 storey reinforced concrete office building
Wembley Hotel & Conference Centre, northwest London
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Woolworth House, Marylebone Road, London
Dates built: 1955/56
Richard Seifert unbuilt projects
Tower in Liverpool, England
150 storeys
Natwest Tower 2 – adjacent second tower
Melbourne tower, Australia
Date built: 1980
Building Centre, Store Street
2nd prize in architecture competition for design of façade
Date built: 1939
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Location: Centre Point, 101 New Oxford Street, London, England, UK
20th Century London Architect Practice Information
R. Seifert & Partners – english architects office led by Richard, in 1984 architects practice taken over by John, son of Richard.
Education
Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London: scholarship
1927-33
Smiths New Court House, 20-50 Farringdon Road, EC1
1990s
Design: John Seifert Architects
Exhibition
1984
Royal Institute of British Architects
London Architectural Designs
London Architecture Designs – chronological list
London Architect – design practice listing on e-architect
London Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:
Pinnacle House, at Royal Wharf, Newham, East London
Architecture: Mæ
photo courtesy of architects firm
Pinnacle House, Royal Wharf Newham
60 Aldgate, Minories, City of London
Design: ACME, Architects
image courtesy of architects practice
60 Aldgate Building News
London Architecture : news + key projects
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Website: Richard Seifert Architecture on wikipedia.