ARCHITECTURE LECTURE AND TOUR

One of the truly amazing and magnificent things about London is its rich and historical architecture. Something that I have always commented about is Los Angeles’ lack of historical architecture when compared to London. In Professor Bob Craig’s architecture lecture and tour I was able to gain even more appreciation and understanding not only for London’s historical architecture but for London’s new modern architecture as well.

London is very full of rich architectural history that most Londoners are quite proud of. The times, however, they are a changing and there are those who believe that London deserves a more new and improved look. The compromise in this case is to allow the new to built in with the old but with a couple of limits. Protecting St Paul’s Cathedral and the view of it from several places in and around London due to its important architectural and historical significance.

During the walking tour I was really amazed by the new architecture already built special in London’s financial sector. I was surprised that my internship is within a five-minute walk of all these buildings. When I looked at new that is being built right next to the old I am reminded of how not to long ago the new rich and the old poor were very much concentrated in this one little area.

Lastly, I am still amazed and baffled at the fact that after four months of living in London and doing British life and culture classes I was still under the impression that St Paul’s Cathedral was catholic. It wasn’t until Bob Craig’s architecture walk that I was informed that St. Paul’s Cathedral is in fact protestant. I had heard it from someone in passing and I guess because I was more interest and fascinated about the cathedral as a great historical and architectural monument rather than a religious holy place I never gave it anymore thought. If anything I have learn from Professor Craig is this one very important and significant bit of information about St. Paul’s Cathedral.