OPENING SHOOT
dENyS laSduN arcHIvE
taken by photographer henry grant, this image show sirs Denys Lasdun and Laurence
olivier poring over a model of the National theatre at the RIBA in 1976, the year it
was completed. this image is part of the extensive Denys Lasdun archive held by the
RIBA that has now been fully digitised. As well as being available to explore via an
arrangement with the RIBA, the content will form the basis of Lasdun online, due to
go live in summer 2014. Curated by Barnabas Calder, of the University of strathclyde,
it will offer a fully comprehensive, illustrated list of Lasdun’s projects built and
unbuilt, accompanied by analytical essays. architecture.com
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