Sherwood is credited with work on the new master plan for Kitai-gorod, partially executed before World War I, although exact extent of his input has not been reliably studied.

As he gained experience, popularity of this style faded and Sherwood's later works gradually moved from simplified Art Nouveau to modernized classics.

[3] Sherwood's best known work, Titov Building, at Staraya Square 4, was a radical departure from his Art Nouveau practice.

Stylistically it was in line with Russian neoclassical revival, however, the design emphasized the steel frame structure and was marked by unusually large glass surfaces providing adequate insolation to deep office floors of this mixed-use building.

Contemporaries marked this style as modernized classics (Russian: модернизированная классика); it was reused by stalinist architecture to the point where Titov Building is frequently mistaken for a mid-20th century government edifice.