From the archives: The National Theatre, 1976

By Tom Lowe2024-08-29T06:00:00

National Theatre, NT Future, SE1 by Haworth Tompkins

Source: Philip Vile

Building interviews legendary modernist architect Denys Lasdun following the opening of his masterpiece on London’s South Bank

Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre is widely considered one of Britain’s greatest modernist buildings. Completed in 1976 and now grade II*-listed, it was a project first conceived in the 19th century but continuously delayed, not least during its troubled construction.

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