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Do You Recognize These Iconic Works by Sir Christopher Wren?
Do You Recognize These Iconic Works by Sir Christopher Wren? | Architectural Digest
Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragón knelt to take their vows on a platform, draped with red cloth, six feet high which ran the length of the nave (known as "Paul's walk") to the west door of the choir. This is a digital reconstruction giving an impression of Old St. Paul's during the Middle Ages and before it's destruction in the 'Great Fire' in 1666. Today, it is easily recognizable by it's Christopher Wren's dome.
St. Mary Woolnoth | Nicholas Hawksmoor | Fortress of God | Masterpiece by Richard B. Woodward
St. Mary Woolnoth, one of six London churches designed between 1712 and 1733 by the English Baroque architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (1662-1736), is his most compact masterwork. Famed for its proto-brutalist facade and spatial ambiguities, and for exciting morbid thoughts from poets and novelists throughout the 20th century, the building distills qualities that have elevated Hawksmoor, known mainly by the Victorians as an assistant to Christopher Wren, to his modern-day status as a cultish demig...
The Baroque style Fountain Court at Hampton Court Palace | designed by Sir Christopher Wren | London, England... via Tam Stone
The greatest buildings by Sir Christopher Wren – 300 years after his death
London's best buildings by Sir Christopher Wren, St, Mary-le-Bow, City of London
13 Iconic Buildings By Christopher Wren, The 17th Century Architect Who Defined The Look Of London
Christopher Wren London Buildings - St. Paul's
13 Iconic Buildings By Christopher Wren, The 17th Century Architect Who Defined The Look Of London
Christopher Wren London Buildings - Business Insider