London Writings 1850-1855

Gottfried Semper's years in exile in London (1850-1855) were a time of highly inspirational experiences. The London of the first World Expo offered the German architect an immense trove of objects for study and an intellectual surrounding that provided seminal impulses for his innovative cultural--history--based theory of architecture. That revolutionary period found not only politics and society in radical upheaval, but also the world of art and science.