Lasdun

Lasdun
Lasdun
 
['læzdən], Sir Denys Louis, britischer Architekt, * London 8. 9. 1914, ✝ ebenda 12. 1. 2001 (?); gründete 1960 in London das Büro »D. Lasdun and Partners«, seit 1978 »D. Lasdun, Redhouse and Softley«. Lasdun trat besonders mit Bauten hervor, deren Gestalt subtil zwischen Tradition und Moderne vermittelt und die sich hervorragend in ihre Umgebung eingliedern oder eine eigene Stadtlandschaft bilden.
 
Werke: Wohnbauten in Bethnal Green, London (1956-59); Luxuswohnungen am Green Park, ebenda (1958-60); Royal College of Physicians im Regents Park, ebenda (1960-64); Hauptgebäude für die University of East Anglia in Norwich (1962-68); National Theatre in London (1967-76).

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