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Richard Seifert

Richard Seifert

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Richard Seifert (born Reubin Seifert; 25 November 1910 – 26 October 2001[1]) was a Swiss-British architect, best known for designing the Centre Point tower and Tower 42 (previously the NatWest Tower), once the tallest building in the City of London. His eponymously named practice – R. Seifert and Partners (later the R. Seifert Company and Partnership) was at its most prolific in the 1960s and 1970s, responsible for many major office buildings in Central London as well as large urban regeneration projects in other major British cities.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Gateway House, Manchester (1969).
Centre Point, London (1966).
Tower 42, London (1980).

Biography

Seifert was born to a Swiss family and came to London when young. He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School[2] and subsequently obtained a scholarship to the Bartlett School of Architecture, graduating in 1933.[1] Seifert served in the Royal Engineers during World War II.[3]

Seifert and his company were responsible for more London buildings than Sir Christopher Wren and designed more than 500 office blocks across the UK and Europe.[1]

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/05) with Richard Seifert in 1996 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[4]

List of works

London and suburbs

[citation needed]

Outside London

The Anderston Centre, Glasgow (1972).
Sussex Heights apartment block, Brighton (1968).

References

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    "Richard Seifert (obituary)". The Guardian. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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    "Alumni". Central Foundation Boys' School. 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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    William D. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 890–. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6.
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    National Life Stories, 'Seifert, Richard (1 of 8) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 1996. Retrieved 10 April 2018 [dead link]
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    Gardiner2021-03-23T10:00:00+00:00, Joey. "Developer withdraws plans for £1bn Kensington tower scheme". Building. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    H.M. Land Registry Title number LN49048, drawing numbers 376.8 to 376.15 & 376.28, plans to the deed of 30 January 1963 made between W. McQueen & Co Ltd, Arrol Investment Company Limited and Cornersites (Investments) Limited
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    "Meta Title". www.better.org.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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