AKA Denys Louis Lasdun

Born: 8-Sep-1914
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 11-Jan-2001
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Pneumonia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Architect

Nationality: England
Executive summary: British modernist architect

Military service: Royal Engineers (WWII, 1939-45)

Responsible for the Royal National Theatre (1976), done in the concrete-slabbed New Brutalist style.

Wife: Susan Bendit (artist, m. 1954, three children)

    University: Architectural Association School of Architecture (dropped out)

    Member of the British Empire 1945
    Commander of the British Empire 1965
    Knight of the British Empire 1977

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