Beloved architectural historian Francis Morrone returns to Roundtable for this survey of four of the 19th century’s most important architects--C.R. Cockerell, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Gottfried Semper, and Otto Wagner. All four were prolific architects who designed buildings you have been to (even if you didn't know who designed it) and many you haven't but that, after this series, you may wish to add to your travel plans.

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In these richly illustrated lectures we will look at four of the most important architects of the 19th century.

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The first lecture will be on the English architect C.R. Cockerell (1788–1863), whose works include the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The second lecture will be on the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841), designer of the Altes Museum in Berlin and the most important and influential Central European architect of the century. Third will be the German architect Gottfried Semper (1803–79), designer of the Dresden Opera House (known as the Semperoper) and one of the most interesting architectural thinkers and theorists of all time. Finally, we come to the Viennese architect Otto Wagner (1841–1918), whose masterpieces include the Church of St. Leopold in Steinhof, Vienna. Join us to further understand the significance of these architects and their work.