Sir Denys Lasdun (1914–2001) was a British architect whose work defines London's Brutalist civic architecture. The catalogue holds 2 of his buildings, both in London.
The Royal National Theatre (1976) on the South Bank is a composition of interlocking concrete terraces that step down toward the Thames — Lasdun called it "an urban landscape" rather than a building. The Royal College of Physicians (1964) in Regent's Park juxtaposes a Modernist concrete block against the Nash terraces — an earlier work that shows Lasdun's ability to make bold contemporary insertions in historic settings. Both buildings demonstrate his commitment to what he called "strata" — horizontal layers of space that create public architecture.
