• 115 — John Soane 5 — London Improved

  • Jul 8 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
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115 — John Soane 5 — London Improved

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  • In the fifth part of our series on John Soane, we discussed his designs for speculative housing developments in central London, another building in the middle of the city for the Bank of England's National Debt Redemption Office, and his various hypothetical schemes for transforming the city with a thick encrustation of Corinthian columns. We also discussed his work for the Royal Hospital Chelsea, some of which survives to this day. We talked about John Gwynne's 'London & Westminster Improved (1766) and the ongoing problem of London and Westminster's disorderly urbanism, which Soane's unbuilt schemes cannot convincingly overcome — as always, he is at his best when constrained!

    To see the images as we discuss them, check out this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_Rr-GRqsc4Y

    Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.

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