Wilem Frischmann obituary

Structural engineer who worked with the architect Richard Seifert on striking modernist buildings As a modern high-rise city, London had its skyline shaped through the acumen of the pioneering structural engineer Wilem Frischmann, who has died aged 95. Widely considered among the most influential engineers of his generation, he was best known for his work with the modernist architect Richard Seifert. The 34-storey slab of Centre Point at the east end of Oxford Street, and the City’s NatWest T...

By Catherine Slessor