7. The K6 Telephone Kiosk and Other Secular Designs

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott would later gain additional recognition for his secular design work, including Waterloo Bridge and the Guinness Brewery at Park Royal. [1] Perhaps Scott's most recognizable design contribution to London are his ubiquitous red telephone boxes, as synonymous with the city as Big Ben or the London Eye. The design of the box resembles the tomb of fellow British architect Sir John Soane in St. Pancras Churchyard. Scott admired Soane and was appointed a trustee of the Sir John Soane museum in 1925, a year after submitting his kiosk design. [2] Scott’s architecture, especially his ecclesiastical work on Liverpool Cathedral, reveals an appreciation of ornament, modern design elements and construction techniques, and a utilization of monumental scale in order to endow structures with significance – all elements that feature in the designs of both Bankside and Battersea power stations.