Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRSis one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth20 October 1632
Christopher Wren quotes about
agreeable both city contracts looking
We (the administration) feel both contracts are agreeable as to what the city and the township are looking for,
architecture eternity aim
Architecture aims at Eternity
secret excellence dachshunds
The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.
uniformity variety
Variety of uniformities makes complete beauty.
respect confusion vices
In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
christian opinion architecture
He was of opinion that what we now vulgarly call the Gothick, ought properly and truly be named Saracenick Architecture refined by the Christians.