The London Square

Regular terraces around a central planted space = 18th century phenomenon

First square = Covent Garden

Inigo Jones, 1630s

Church of St Paul Covent Garden

Restored after a fire in late 1790s

Racy behavior, then

Market restored in 1980s, now

Bedford Square

1770s-1780s

Survived rebuilding (only one building has been rebuilt)

Brick houses, stucco facing

British Museum

1753

Sir Robert Smirke

First public museum in Europe w/ collection accepted as national reponsibility

September 1666

Transformation in layout/appearance of streets

Recovered mostly by 1690s

New standards for houses (NO WOOD!) all brick

Surge of city squares

Christopher Wren rebuilt 51 churches

The Barbican

1981

Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon

City of London School for Girls, Guildhall School of Music, church of St Giles Cripplegate

Semi-circles, multiple viewing points, complex-like (no streets in between)

London Wall

Redeveloped: 1950s, 1960s

Elevated pedestrian walkway

London Wall

Redeveloped: 1950s, 1960s

Elevated pedestrian walkway

The Queen's House

Early 1600s

Inigo Jones

Private retreat, originally started for Queen Anne, finished for Henrietta Maria

The Royal Observatory

1675

Christopher Wren

Royal Hospital for Seamen

1694

Christopher Wren and apprentice Nicholas Hawksmoor

Originally for old/inform, now the Royal Naval College