Lasdun

British  

/ ˈlæzdən /

noun

1. Sir Denys. 1914–2001, British architect. He is best known for the University of East Anglia (1968) and the National Theatre in London (1976)

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Lasdun

The theatre is also launching an apprenticeship named after its architect, Sir Denys Lasdun, offering training in the mechanical and electrical engineering skills needed to maintain the building.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“It’s a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, amazement at its author’s reach and skill, and desolation at the world it spreads out before you,” James Lasdun writes in his review.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

But an objective truth does exist here, and, finally, Lasdun reveals it.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

Biographical echoes invite us to read the narrator—and, to a lesser extent, his foil, Marco—as alternative-reality versions of Lasdun.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

Lasdun finds himself having to confront the public version of himself that Nasreen has created – a character called "James Lasdun" – whose presence constantly threatens to compromise and obliterate his own.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013