Norman Shaw Lecture

Richard Norman Shaw RA: Lecture, 25th February

Andrew Saint, general editor of the Survey of London, and author of the most comprehensive book on Shaw, discusses Richard Norman Shaw's originality and vision as an architect. Shaw was the most inventive of a group of late nineteenth-century architects who introduced a new freedom of composition which expressed London's increasing social and physical
diversity.

6.30-7.30pm at the Geological Society Lecture Theatre, Piccadilly, London W1

This lecture is part of the Royal Academy of Arts Architecture
Programme: The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson Lecture
Series. £10/£5 concessions (includes a drink). For information or to book
call 020 7300 5839, email Architecture@royalacademy.org.uk Back


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