Identify buildings in London

Two thousand years of building in one city, from Roman wall to Wren, Georgian terrace to glass tower. Point LookUp at any building in London and it reads the style, the era and the details that give it away. These 356 landmarks it also knows by name and position: the one in front of you is recognised from where you stand, comes with its facts, and turns to colour on your London map once you've captured it.

Museums · 73

• British Museum1753 · Robert Smirke
• Buckingham Palace1703 · William Winde, John Nash
• Tower of London1066
• National Gallery1824 · William Wilkins
• Madame Tussauds1839
• Royal Observatory1675 · Christopher Wren
• Tate Modern1889 · de Meuron
• Victoria and Albert Museum1852
• Natural History Museum1881 · Alfred Waterhouse
• Kensington Palace1605 · Christopher Wren
• Hampton Court Palace1515
• National Portrait Gallery1856 · Ewan Christian, Richard Allison
• Science Museum1909 · Richard Allison
• Cutty Sark
• Royal Academy of Arts1768
• Imperial War Museum London1917
• Barbican Centre1982 · Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
• Tate Britain1897 · Sidney R. J. Smith
• London Museum1965
• Queen's House1616 · Inigo Jones
• National Maritime Museum1937
• HMS Belfast
• Sherlock Holmes Museum1990
• Wallace Collection1900
• Apsley HouseRobert Adam, Benjamin Dean Wyatt
• Freud Museum London1986
• Royal Collection
• Kenwood House1929 · Robert Adam, William Atkinson
• Serpentine Galleries1970 · Zaha Hadid, James Grey West
• Dulwich Picture Gallery1811 · John Soane
• Mansion House1752 · George Dance the Elder
• Sir John Soane's Museum1837 · John Soane
• Kew Palace1631 · James Wyatt
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology1892
• Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland1823
• Saatchi Gallery1985
• London Transport Museum1980
• Eltham Palace1933
• Horniman Museum and Gardens1901 · Charles Harrison Townsend
• Old Royal Naval College1696 · Christopher Wren, John Webb, Nicholas Hawksmoor
• Design Museum1989 · Terence Conran
• Churchill War Rooms1984
• Strawberry Hill House1749
• London Dungeon1974
• Charles Dickens Museum1837
• Chiswick House1729 · Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
• Red House1859 · William Morris, Philip Webb
• Royal Hospital Chelsea1682
• Spencer HouseJohn Vardy
• Syon HouseRobert Adam
• Bruce Castle1684
• Courtauld Gallery1932 · William Chambers
• Down House
• Osterley House1761 · Robert Adam
• Whitechapel Gallery1901
• RAF Museum London1972
• Ham House1610 · Robert Smythson
• Handel Hendrix House2001
• Leighton House1929 · George Aitchison
• Royal Mews
• Hayward Gallery1968 · Ron Herron
• Young V&A1872
• Royal Arsenal1671 · Nicholas Hawksmoor
• Jewel Tower1366 · Henry Yevele
• Museum of the Home1914
• King's Gallery1962
• London Post Office Railway
• Royal Armouries1983
• Royal United Services Institute1831
• Foundling Museum2004
• Institute of Contemporary Arts1947
• Florence Nightingale Museum1982
• National Army Museum1960

Churches · 41

• Westminster Abbey901
• Westminster Cathedral1895 · John Francis Bentley
• St Margaret's Church, Westminster1050
• St Martin-in-the-Fields1722 · James Gibbs
• Southwark Cathedral1150
• Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets1510
• St Mary-le-Bow1671 · Christopher Wren
• St George's Cathedral, Southwark1848 · Augustus Pugin
• St Clement Danes1680 · Christopher Wren
• Methodist Central Hall1911
• St Bride's Church, City of London1670 · Christopher Wren
• All Hallows-by-the-Tower675
• Metropolitan Tabernacle
• St Paul's Church, Covent Garden1633 · Inigo Jones
• Brompton Oratory1880
• Rainbow Theatre
• St Giles-without-Cripplegate1550
• St James’s Church, Piccadilly1676 · Christopher Wren
• St Lawrence Jewry, London1670 · Christopher Wren
• St Mary le Strand, Westminster1723 · James Gibbs
• All Saints, Camden Town1822 · William Inwood
• St Stephen Walbrook, City of London1672 · Christopher Wren
• Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile1891 · Alfred Waterhouse
• All Souls Church, Langham Place1822 · John Nash
• Queen's Chapel1623 · Inigo Jones
• Saint Sophia Cathedral, London1879 · John Oldrid Scott
• Savoy Chapel1401
• St Alfege Church, Greenwich1714 · Nicholas Hawksmoor
• St Dunstan-in-the-West1830 · John Shaw
• St George's CathedralJames Pennethorne
• St John's, Smith Square1713 · Thomas Archer
• St Sarkis, KensingtonArthur Joseph Davis
• Dormition Cathedral1849 · Lewis Vulliamy
• Holy Trinity Brompton1829 · Thomas Leverton Donaldson
• St Augustine's, Kilburn1870 · John Loughborough Pearson
• St George's, Hanover Square1720 · John James
• St Giles in the Fields, Holborn1731 · Henry Flitcroft
• St John the Baptist, Hoxton1825 · Francis Edwards
• St John's Chapel, Tower of London1001
• St Michael, Cornhill1670 · Christopher Wren
• Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People2017 · Tszwai So

Towers · 6

• Big Ben1843 · Augustus Pugin, Charles Barry
• BT Tower1964 · Eric Bedford
• Victoria Tower1860 · Charles Barry
• White Tower
• ArcelorMittal Orbit2012 · Anish Kapoor
• Little Ben1892

Bridges · 30

• Tower Bridge1886 · Horace Jones
• London Bridge1973
• Westminster BridgeThomas Page
• Millennium Bridge2000 · Norman Foster
• Waterloo BridgeGiles Gilbert Scott
• Southwark Bridge
• Lambeth Bridge1932 · Reginald Blomfield
• Albert Bridge
• Blackfriars Bridge1869
• Vauxhall Bridge1816 · Alexander Binnie, Maurice Fitzmaurice
• Chelsea Bridge
• Hammersmith Bridge
• Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges1845
• Battersea BridgeJoseph Bazalgette
• Blackfriars Railway BridgeJohn Wolfe-Barry, Henry Marc Brunel
• Grosvenor Bridge
• Kew BridgeJohn Wolfe-Barry, Cuthbert Arthur Brereton
• Putney Bridge
• The Rolling Bridge2004 · Thomas Heatherwick
• Wandsworth Bridge
• Chiswick Bridge1933
• Richmond Bridge
• Cannon Street Railway Bridge1883 · John Wolfe-Barry
• Hampton Court Bridge1933 · Edwin Lutyens
• Barnes Railway Bridge
• Holborn ViaductWilliam J. Haywood
• Twickenham Bridge1933
• Richmond Railway Bridge
• Battersea Railway Bridge
• Richmond Lock and Footbridge1894

Office buildings · 13

• Palace of Westminster
• New Scotland Yard
• Lloyd's building
• Old Bailey
• Royal Courts of Justice
• Horse Guards
• Royal Artillery Barracks
• Thames House
• Middlesex Guildhall
• SIS Building
• Canada House
• Portcullis House
• Marathon House

Libraries · 5

• St Paul's Cathedral1675 · Christopher Wren
• British Library1973
• London Library1841
• Women's Library1926
• Maughan Library

Stadiums · 23

• Wembley Stadium2002 · Foster and Partners, Populous
• Emirates Stadium2006 · Populous
• Stamford Bridge1877 · Archibald Leitch
• London Stadium2008 · Populous
• Selhurst Park1924 · Archibald Leitch
• Tottenham Hotspur StadiumPopulous
• Craven Cottage1780 · Archibald Leitch
• Twickenham Stadium1907 · Archibald Leitch, Mather & Co
• Vicarage Road1922
• The O2 Arena2007 · Populous
• Brentford Community Stadium2020
• The Den1992
• The Valley1919
• Riverbank Arena
• Griffin Park
• Brisbane Road
• Kingsmeadow1989
• Twickenham Stoop1963
• Meadow Park1963
• Plough Lane2020
• The Hive Stadium2013
• Lillie Bridge Grounds
• Victoria Road1917

Skyscrapers · 28

• The ShardRenzo Piano
• 30 St Mary Axe2004 · Norman Foster, Foster and Partners, Ken Shuttleworth
• One Canada Square1991 · César Pelli
• 8 Canada Square2002 · Foster and Partners
• Tower 421980 · Richard Seifert
• 22 BishopsgateKohn Pedersen Fox
• Heron Tower2011 · Kohn Pedersen Fox
• 20 Fenchurch Street2014 · Rafael Viñoly
• 122 Leadenhall Street2014 · Richard Rogers
• Barbican Estate1982 · Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
• One Churchill Place2004 · HOK
• Broadgate Tower2009
• Centre Point1966 · George Marsh, Richard Seifert
• Euston Tower
• St George Wharf Tower2014 · Broadway Malyan
• 25 Bank Street2003 · César Pelli, Adamson Associates
• 10 Upper Bank Street2003 · Kohn Pedersen Fox
• Newfoundland
• Guy's Hospital1721
• The Scalpel2018 · Kohn Pedersen Fox
• 40 Bank Street2003 · César Pelli
• Shell CentreHoward Robertson
• Strata SE12010
• Willis Building2008 · Norman Foster
• Millbank Tower1963
• Chapter Spitalfields2010 · Thomas Bennett
• CityPoint
• Manhattan Loft Gardens2018

Theatres · 50

• Royal Opera House1732 · Edward Middleton Barry
• Royal Albert Hall1871 · Francis Fowke, Henry Young Darracott Scott
• Globe Theatre1599
• The Old Vic1818 · Rudolphe Cabanel
• Alexandra Palace1875 · Owen Jones
• Banqueting House1622 · Inigo Jones
• His Majesty's Theatre1705 · Charles J. Phipps
• The Theatre Royal1663 · Christopher Wren
• London Palladium1910 · Frank Matcham
• Hammersmith Apollo
• London Coliseum1904 · Frank Matcham
• O2 Academy BrixtonThomas Somerford
• Royal Court Theatre1870 · Bertie Crewe, Walter Emden
• Apollo TheatreLewin Sharp
• Savoy TheatreCharles J. Phipps
• Theatre Royal Haymarket1821 · John Nash
• Adelphi Theatre1806 · Ernest Schaufelberg
• Aldwych TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Dominion TheatreWilliam Milburn, Thomas Ridley Milburn
• Lyceum Theatre1834 · Samuel Beazley
• Sondheim TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• The RosePhilip Henslowe
• Shakespeare's Globe1997 · Pentagram
• Almeida Theatre1833
• Fortune TheatreErnest Schaufelberg
• Palace Theatre1891 · Thomas Edward Collcutt
• Shepherd's Bush Empire1903 · Frank Matcham
• Young Vic1970
• Ambassadors TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Cambridge Theatre1930
• Curtain Theatre1577
• Duchess Theatre
• Duke of York's Theatre1892 · Walter Emden
• Garrick TheatreWalter Emden
• Noël Coward TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Novello TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Piccadilly TheatreBertie Crewe
• Gielgud TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Victoria Palace TheatreFrank Matcham
• Prince Edward Theatre
• Apollo Victoria Theatre1930
• Harold Pinter TheatreThomas Verity
• Hippodrome1900 · Frank Matcham
• KOKO1900 · W. G. R. Sprague
• Lyric TheatreCharles J. Phipps
• Playhouse Theatre
• Shaftesbury TheatreBertie Crewe
• Wyndham's TheatreW. G. R. Sprague
• Blackfriars Theatre
• Donmar Warehouse

Palaces · 4

• St James's Palace1536
• Clarence House1827 · John Nash
• Lambeth Palace1435
• Richmond Palace

Monuments · 26

• Wellington Arch1828 · Decimus Burton
• Charing Cross
• Nelson's Column1840 · William Railton
• Marble Arch1828 · John Nash
• Admiralty Arch1911 · Aston Webb
• Albert Memorial1872 · George Gilbert Scott
• Monument to the Great Fire of London1677 · Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke
• Victoria Memorial1901 · Aston Webb
• Tortoises with Triangle and Time2000
• the Cenotaph1919 · Edwin Lutyens
• Shabaka Stone
• the Unknown Warrior
• Tomb of Karl Marx1956
• Cleopatra's Needle1450 BC
• Market Memorial2006
• Metropolitan Water Board Pump House Tower, Kew Bridge
• Animals in War Memorial2004
• Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain2004
• Duke of York Column1831 · Benjamin Dean Wyatt
• North London Railway War Memorial1921
• Monument to the Women of World War II2005
• Royal Artillery Memorial1925 · Lionel Pearson, Thomas Arthur Darcy Braddell
• Joseph Lister Memorial1928
• Golders Green Crematorium
• Hoa Hakananai'a1000
• Lloyd's Coffee House

Shopping centres · 2

• Harrods
• Westfield London

Arenas · 3

• Wembley ArenaArthur Elvin
• Copper Box ArenaMAKE Architects
• Water Polo Arena

Fortifications · 3

• London Wall
• Ludgate
• Newgate

City hall (seat)s · 3

• Old City Hall2002 · Norman Foster, Foster and Partners
• Guildhall1440 · Giles Gilbert Scott, George Dance the Younger
• County Hall1933 · Ralph Knott

Schools · 9

• Harrow School
• Westminster School
• Middle Temple
• Inner Temple
• Dulwich College
• Royal Ballet School
• St Paul's School
• Merchant Taylors' School
• City of London School

Concert halls · 5

• Royal National Theatre1963
• Royal Festival HallRobert Matthew, Leslie Martin
• Wigmore Hall1901
• Queen Elizabeth Hall
• Cadogan HallRobert Chisholm

Mosques · 8

• Baitul Futuh Mosque2003
• London Central Mosque1977 · Frederick Gibberd
• East London Mosque1910
• Finsbury Park Mosque1990
• The London Mosque1926 · Thomas Hayton Mawson
• Brick Lane Masjid1743
• Suleymaniye Mosque1999
• Aziziye Mosque1983

Hotels · 9

• The Ritz London
• Savoy Hotel
• The Dorchester
• Langham Hotel
• Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel
• The Connaught
• Brown's Hotel
• London Hilton on Park Lane
• St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel

Cinemas · 2

• Millennium Dome
• Odeon Leicester Square

Hospitals · 7

• St Mary's Hospital
• Bethlem Royal Hospital
• St Thomas' Hospital
• Greenwich Hospital
• Great Ormond Street Hospital
• Charlton House
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Hindu temple · 1

• BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London1995

Department stores · 3

• Fortnum & Mason
• John Lewis
• Liberty

Synagogues · 2

• Bevis Marks Synagogue1701
• New West End Synagogue, London1879 · George Ashdown Audsley