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London Buildings S – Z

Key Buildings in London, England, UK

page updated 13 Jun 2014

London Buildings : S – Z

Key London buildings (no photos – alphabetical, listed by building):

S

St Anne’s School – Playground Canopy, Hunton St, east London
Date built: 1994
Design: MacCormac Jamieson Prichard – MJP

St Clement Danes, The Strand, central London
1680
Design: Sir Christopher Wren, Architect
London church

St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, northwest London
1716-30; Renovated 2006: Molyneux Kerr Architects
Design: Nicholas Hawksmoor Architect

St George Wharf, southwest London
Dates built: 2005/06
Design: Broadway Malyan Architects

St James the Great Church + residential development, Peckham, south London

Design: Niall McLaughlin

St James Church, Piccadilly, London
1674-87
Design: Sir Christopher Wren, Architect

St James’s Palace, Pall Mall, central London
1532

St Johns Wood house, west London, England, UK

Design: Keith Williams Architects

St Luke’s Primary School, Bow Common, east London
1970-71
Design: Robert Maguire & Keith Murray

Trafalgar Square, Trafalgar Square, central London
1726
James Gibbs Architect

St Martin’s Lane Hotel, Covent Garden
Design: Philippe Starck

redevelopment of Richard Seifert-designed office block

St Mary-le-Strand,The Strand, central London
1714-17
James Gibbs Architect

St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London
1683
Sir Christopher Wren Architect

St Mary Woolnoth, City of London
1716-24
Nicholas Hawksmoor Architect

St Mungo’s Hostel – extension, Southwark, south London
2005
Peter Barber Architects

St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London
1671-81
Sir Christopher Wren Architect

St Pancras Station, north London
1864-68
William Henry Barlow
St Pancras London

St Paul’s Academy, Greenwich, southeast London
2006-07

St Paul’s Cathedral, City of London
1675-1710
Sir Christopher Wren Architect
St Paul’s Cathedral London

St Stephen’s Walbrook, City of London
1672-87
Sir Christopher Wren Architect

Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s Square, nr Sloane Square, Chelsea, west London
2007
Paul Davis & Partners with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Sackler Crossing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, southwest London
2007
John Pawson

Sackler Gallery, west London

Sir Norman Foster & Partners
Sackler Gallery London

Sackville Street, Mayfair, central London
2004-06
Woolf Architects
Office Refurbishment

Sadlers Wells Theatre, northeast London
1998
RHWL with Nicholas Hare Architects
Sadlers Wells London

Sainsburys Homebase Store – Ramesses II, Warwick Rd, west London
1987
Peter Argyrou Associates on behalf of Ian Pollard
Postmodern nonsense

Sainsburys Store Camden + canalside housing, Camden Rd, Camden, north London
1988
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

Sainsbury Wing – National Gallery Extension, Trafalgar Square, central London
1988-91
Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Savoy Hotel
1889

Grade II listed, classic London Hotel: redevelopment 2007-

School of Oriental and African Studies Library – Philips Building, Bloomsbury, London
1972
Denys Lasdun Architects

Science Museum basement, West End, London
1995
Ben Kelly Architects

Seal House, London
2007-
David Chipperfield Architects
£55m, 10 storey offices
For Sellar Properties

Selfridges Store – recent work, Oxford St, central London
2003/04
Future Systems & David Adjaye Architects
Selfridges London

Senate House, University of London, Malet St, WC1
1932
Charles Holden
Senate House London

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – designer varies, summer months only
2007
Kjetil Torsen + artist Olafur Eliasson
London building : Serpentine Pavilion

22 Shad Thames, Bermondsey, southeast London
1993
Michael Hopkins & Partners
RIBA Awards 1993 Regional Award : London
Orig. for David Mellor, latterly Conran offices

Shadwell Basin, London
1987
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects

Shard of Glass, London Bridge, southeast London

Renzo Piano
72 storeys

Shepherds Bush Hotel, west London
2002
Hamiltons Architects

Siobhan Davies Studio, London SE1
2006
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London, WC1
1995
Fraser Brown McKenna

Smithfield Market, east London


Smithfield Market London

Soane Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, central London
1834
Sir John Soane Architect
John Soane’s House

Somerset House, central London
1776-86
William Chambers, Architect

South Bank Centre – masterplan
National Theatre:
Denys Lasdun Architect

South Bank building
Royal Festival Hall:
Leslie Martin Architect

Southwark Primary school competition
2007
Winners: SMC Alsop; Birds Portchmouth Russum; HKR with John Pardy Architects & Colin Stansfield-Smith

Stealth House, London

Robert Dye Associates
London house

Stephen Bull’s Bistro and Bar, Clerkenwell, London
1992
Allies and Morrison Architects

Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford, southeast London
2007
Adjaye/Associates

Spa Green Estate, Finsbury, northeast London

Berthold Lubetkin Architect

Stonebridge – health and community centre for Stonebridge Housing Action Trust

Alsop Architects, now SMC Alsop

190 Strand, City of London

KPF – Kohn Pederson Fox Architects

Stratford City, east London
2007-

Mixed-use development adj. London Olympics site: retail, offices, hotels, housing

Stratford DLR Station, east London
2007
Will Alsop

Stratford Bus Station, Great Eastern Road, Stratford, east London
1994
London Transport Buses – Architects
£2m

Stratford Market Depot, east London
1996
Chris Wilkinson Architects

Sun House, Frognal, Hampstead

Max Fry

Swanlea Secondary School, Brady St, east London
1991-93
Percy Thomas Partnership / Hampshire County Architects

Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre originally ‘Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths’,
1960
Basil Spence Architect

Swiss Cottage Masterplan, northwest London
2006
Terry Farrell Architects – now Farrells with S&P Architects
buildings by Bennetts Associates & Farrells; landscaping by Gustafson Porter
Swiss Cottage Park

Swiss Cottage – Nexus One
2006
S&P Architects

Swiss Re Tower – 30 St Mary’s Axe, City of London
2000-04
Foster & Partners

Syon House, west London

Robert Adam, Architect

T

Talacre Community Sports Centre, Camden, north London
2003
David Morley Architects

Tate Britain

Tate Modern, central London

Herzog & de Meuron Architects
Tate Modern

Tate Modern extension, central London
2006-
Herzog & de Meuron Architects

Housing adj. Tate Modern by CZWG Architects
London housing

Telecom Tower, Holland St, central London
Also known as the BT Tower
Telecom Tower London

Thames Barrier, Unity Way, east London
1984
GLC Department of Architecture

Thames Water Pumping Station, Stewart St, Isle of Dogs, east London
1988
John Outram

Thames Water Ring tower – Surge Pipe Barometer, Shepherd’s Bush, west London
1994
Damien O’Sullivan / Tania Doufa with Alan Brooks Associates
Student competition winner

Thames Wharf Studios + River Café + Thames Reach Housing, Rainville Rd, Hammersmith, west London
1984-87
Richard Rogers Partnership with Lifschutz Davidson Design

The Ark, Hammersmith, west London
1990
Ralph Erskine, Architect
London Ark building

The Circle by CZWG Architects : listed at ‘C’

The Mound Stand – Lord’s Cricket Ground, St. John’s Wood, London
1985-87
Michael Hopkins Architects

The Times Newspaper headquarters building, London Docklands

Rick Mather Architects

Titan House – hotel/apartments, Bermondsey St, southeast London

Glen Howells

60 Threadneedle Street, City of London

Eric Parry Architects
for Hammerson

Tobacco Dock, Pennington St, east London
1987
Terry Farrell & Company

Tottenham Court Road – mixed use development, central – north London
2004
Hamiltons Architects

Tottenham Hale Station, Ferry Lane, Totttenham, northeast London
1991
Alsop Lyall & Störmer

Tower Bridge, central London
1886-94
Horace Jones
Tower Bridge London
New Park at Tower Bridge, Southwark by Gross.Max landscape architects, with
pavilions by DSDHA
Adj. London’s City Hall + proposed Potters Field Towers by Ian Ritchie

Tower Bridge – Visitors’ Facilities, City of London
1993
Michael Squire Associates

Tower Bridge – new Park, Southwark

Gross.Max landscape architects, with pavilions by DSDHA
adj. London’s City Hall + proposed Potters Field Towers by Ian Ritchie

Tower 42 – former Nat West Tower, 25 Old Broad Street, City of London, EC2
1971-80
Architect: Richard Seifert – R. Seifert & Partners
current refurbishment
Fletcher Priest Architects

Tallest building in London until 1 Canada Square in 1990

Tower of London, central / east London
1070-90 (1078)
unknown
Tower of London

Tower Hamlets Arts Centre, east London
2006
Penoyre Prasad Architects
for Rich Mix Cultural Foundation

Trellick Tower, west London
1972
Erno Goldfinger, rest. John McAslan + Partners

TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1
1957
David du Aberdeen

Former TV-AM building (later MTV Europe), 17-20 Hawley Crescent, NW1
1982/83
Terry Farrell & Company
Camden buildings

U

UCL – School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London WC1
2006
Short and Associates

Unicorn Theatre, London
2006
Keith Williams Architects
London Theatre

Unilever House redevelopment, City of London
2007
KPF – Kohn Pederson Fox Architects
Grade II listed thirties building on the Thames

100-140 Union Street – mixed-use development, Bankside, south London

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects with Glen Howells

University College London Hospital, Euston Rd, central / north London

Llewelyn Davies

University of East London – two buildings, Stratford Campus
2007-08
Richard Murphy Architects

University of North London – Postgraduate Centre
2001
Stephen Hodder Architects

US Embassy : see American Embassy

V

Vauxhall Bus Station, south London
2005
Arup Associates
Transport for London competition 2002

Vauxhall Cross – MI6 HQ, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, southwest London
1990-93
Terry Farrell & Company
£125m

Vauxhall Tower, central London
2007-
Design: Broadway Malyan
50 storeys

VeloPark, Olympics Site, London
2007
Hopkins Architects
London Olympics

Victoria & Albert Museum Gallery – V&A Architecture Gallery, west London
2005
Gareth Hoskins Architects
V&A Architecture Gallery London

Victoria & Albert Museum

Victoria Interchange – twin towers

KPF

Victoria Station

Victoria Transport Interchange project
2007-18
Wilkinson Eyre with Benson + Forsyth & Patrick Lynch
for Land Securities & London Trasnport
Approx. £2bn cost

Victorio Miro 14 – gallery, Hoxton, east London
2007
Claudio Silvestrin Architect with Michael Drain Architects

Virgin Atlantic Sunken Lounge, Heathrow Airport, west London

Architects: Softroom

Vitra Showroom, London, England

David Chipperfield Architects

Vogans Mill, Bermondsey

Michael Squire

W

Wagamama, central London

David Chipperfield Architects

The Walbrook, City of London
2006-
Foster & Partners
For Minerva

‘Walkie Talkie’ building, Fenchurch St, City of London
2006-
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects
Walkie Talkie building – proposed London skyscraper

Wallace Collection – refurbishment: Centenary project, central London

Rick Mather Architects

Wandsworth town centre – masterplan, south London
2004
Hamiltons Architects

Waterloo Station redevelopment, south London
1993
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
London Waterloo Station

Waves Hair Salon, London
Tom Heneghan Architects

Wedge House, Blackfriars, east London

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building, Euston Road, north London
1999-2004
Hopkins Architects

Wellcome Wolfson Building, London
2003
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects

Wembley Primary School, northwest London
2007-
Walters & Cohen Architects

Wembley Stadium Redevelopment
2007
Foster & Partners (Norman Foster) with HOK Sport (Rod Sheard)
£757m stadium

Wembley School, northwest London
2007-
Walters & Cohen

Westbourne Grove Public Lavatories, Westbourne Grove, west London
1993
CZWG Architects

Westminster Abbey, central London
1045-app.1400
unknown

Westminster Hall, central London
1397-99
unknown

Westminster School – The Weston Building, Westminster, central London
1865; refurbishment – 2006:
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP

Westminster Underground Station, Westminster, London, England
1990-99
Hopkins Architects

Weymouth Street housing, Westminster, central London
2007-
make

Whipps Cross University Hospital – Energy Centre, Leytonstone, east London
2005
Avanti Architects
£12m

Whistles, St Christopher’s Place, west London
1991
Stanton Williams

Whitechapel Art Gallery, East End
1897-1901
C. Harrison Townsend

White City Masterplan, northwest London
2006-
Rem Koolhaas

White City Media Village development [BBC], west London

Allies and Morrison Architects

Whitelands College, Putney, south-east London
1931
Giles Gilbert Scott

2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London
1930’s
Ernö Goldfinger, Architect
London house

Wood Street, 88, City of London
1993-2001
Richard Rogers Partnership
Wood Street London

Wood Street, 100, City of London
2000
Foster & Partners
Offices for Helical Bar

Wood Wharf, Docklands

Nick Kuhn Architects
£2bn project, started 2003

Woolwich Civic Offices, London
2007-
HLM Architects
£45m

Wrap House, London W4
2006
Alison Brooks Architects

Y

Young Vic Theatre Renovation, London SE1
2006
Haworth Tompkins
RIBA Awards 2007

Z

Zen Central restaurant, off Curzon St, Soho, London

Rick Mather Architects

ZeNW3 restaurant, Hamsptead, north London

Rick Mather Architects

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