Richard Seifert

Architect

Birthday November 25, 1910

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Switzerland

DEATH DATE Oct 26, 2001 (90)

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About

Designer of the Centrepoint Tower and the NatWest Tower, known as Tower 42, once the tallest building in London. He also designed Euston Station, Drapers Gardens, and the King's Reach Tower.

Before Fame

He won a scholarship to the Bartlett School of Architecture at the University of London in 1927.

Trivia

He was noted for his commercial buildings that transformed the English skyline, but he also designed housing developments.

Family Life

His son, John, took over his practice in 1984.

Associated With

He carried on the Modernist movement established by such legends as Frank Lloyd Wright.