# Christopher Wren — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Christopher Wren in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Wren

**First appearance:** 0016-iii

## Who they are

English architect who rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as an example of an architect whose 'Renaissance' churches, with boxlike naves and superimposed orders for steeples, had no parallel in Italy or classic times, illustrating how imperfect knowledge can produce original and fitting architecture.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii)

Churches built as late as 1850 in New Jersey and New York show outlines and proportions in the earlier style of Wren.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced for his suggestions for ventilating the Houses of Parliament.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/v)

Cited as an example of how an architect's personality preserves buildings beyond their period of desuetude.

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