The built environment industry will celebrate the life of Sir Christopher Wren, one of the most widely regarded English architects in history, on 27 June, as part of the Wren 300 UK national festival, marking the 300th anniversary of his death, at the age of 91, in 1723.
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors and Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects will hold a free service of thanksgiving in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, his baroque design masterpiece, to celebrate his life and work.
Wren’s famous structures include royal palaces, the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and 52 churches built following the Great Fire of London in 1666.
The service will be hosted in collaboration with M&G Real Estate, the Constructors, Paviors, Landclan and Wax Chandlers Livery Companies, the RIBA and RICS, with readings from the president of the RICS Ann Gray and a sermon by the Rev Dr Prof Max Hutchinson.
More than 1000 people from the built environment are expected to attend, including the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the lord mayor, and the bishop of London.
