Writer: Bill Sherman
Warburg’s Ellipse and Holden’s Grid
09.10.2026
Warburg’s Ellipse and Holden’s Grid09.10.2026
– Graham Haworth and Bill Sherman
This text is an edited and illustrated conversation between Bill Sherman (Director of the Warburg Institute) and Graham Haworth (Co-Founder of Stirling Prize-winning architects Haworth Tompkins. From 2018 to 2024, Haworth Tompkins worked with the Warburg Institute on the renovation and extension of its building in Bloomsbury—designed by Charles Holden… Read More
Masterplanning the University of London
27.03.2024
Masterplanning the University of London27.03.2024
Legend has it that Charles Holden promised the University of London a building that would last five hundred years. While there is no hard evidence for Holden’s claim, his Senate House (1932–37) looks as permanent as anything built in modern Britain. A 19-storey tower faced with granite and Portland stone,… Read More
Charles Holden: A new campus for Bloomsbury
02.02.2024
Charles Holden: A new campus for Bloomsbury02.02.2024
– Bill Sherman and Richard Temple
Quoted from the exhibition text of Charles Holden’s Master Plan: Building the Bloomsbury Campus, curated by Bill Sherman, Director of the Warburg Institute and Richard Temple, Archivist of the University of London. The exhibition continues until 17 March in the Chancellor’s Hall Lobby, First Floor, Senate House. More information here.… Read More
