John Simpson (architect)

This article is about the architect born in 1954. For the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1919 to 1921, see John William Simpson (architect).

John Simpson CVO (born 9 November 1954), is a British architect, well known for being one of the few modern-day architects designing New Classical architecture.

Education and career

Simpson studied architecture at University College London.

Simpson is Principal of John Simpson Architects LLP, Chartered Architects and Urban Designers, London.

He is a member of Royal Institute of British Architects. Simpson is well known for being one of the few modern-day architects designing in the classical style, also known as New Classical Architecture. A profile of Simpson's design for his own house featured on the Sky Arts programme The Art of Architecture in 2019.

In 1991, Simpson architected Ashfold House in West Sussex.

The Walsh Family of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame

Major works

• Masterplan for the area around St Paul's Cathedral, London (1992–1996).
• The West Range of Gonville Court, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1993–1996).
• New buildings for Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (2010–2017).
• The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London (2002).
• Masterplan for Fairford Leys, a village outside Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
• Walsh Family Hall of Architecture, University of Notre Dame.
• Masterplan to reorganize Kensington Palace into a public visitor and community facility (2008–2012).

References

• Richard John and David Watkin, John Simpson; The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace and Other Works. Andreas Papadakis pub, London, 2002.
• David Watkin, The Architecture of John Simpson: The Timeless Language of Classicism. Rizzoli International Publications, 2016.

External links

• John Simpson Architects LLP