London’s South Bank houses no shortage of iconic landmarks, but one often-overlooked gem that nods to the city’s glamorous 1970s past is Sea Containers London, an hotel overlooking the Thames, set between Waterloo and Blackfriars bridges. Once the headquarters of shipping giant Sea Containers Limited, the hotel occupies Sea Containers House, a bold, Brutalist-inflected structure that rises on the riverside like a monumental Tetris block.

Designed in 1974 by American architect Warren Platner, best known for his interiors at the Ford Foundation and New York’s original Windows on the World, the structure reflects the sleek modernism of its era. Platner was also a celebrated furniture designer, creating futuristic pieces in the 1960s for icons like Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche. His Easy Chai

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