Keith Critchlow
Keith Barry Critchlow (born March 16, 1933 [1]) is an artist, lecturer, author, and professor of architecture in England, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy.
He was educated at the Summerhill School and the Royal College of Art.[2] He performed national service in the Royal Air Force from 1951 to 1953.[1]
Having been originally trained as a classical painter,[3] he has authored many books on geometry, including Order in Space, Islamic Pattern as a Cosmological Art, and Time Stands Still. He has also contributed the forewords to English editions of works by Titus Burckhardt, Frithjof Schuon, and others.[4]
Critchlow was formerly a lecturer at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London for twelve years, and had been a professor of Islamic Art at the Royal College of Art in London from 1975 for many years.[5] He founded Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts (VITA) school in 1984,[5] which moved from the Royal College of Art to The Prince's Institute of Architecture in 1992-3, where he was director of research. The institute later evolved into The Prince's Foundation, within which Prince's School of Traditional Arts was housed. He is a professor emeritus at VITA and serves as director for research.[6] He also taught at the The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment in London.
He is a leading expert in sacred architecture and sacred geometry and founded Kairos, a society which investigates, studies, and promotes traditional values of art and science. He served there as director of studies.
Critchlow's architectural work includes the Krishnamurti Study Centre in England,[7] the Lindisfarne Chapel in Crestone, Colorado in the United States with a special design for the vaulting of the dome,[8] and The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Puttaparthi, India. Isaac Tigrett, who had founded the Hard Rock Cafe enterprise, secured Critchlow’s aid to design a hospital in the Prasanthi Nilayam ashram in Puttuparthi.[9] Critchlow's use of sacred geometry played a major role in these architectural designs and projects.
He is president of the Temenos Academy.[10]
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[edit] Selected works
[edit] Books
- Order in Space (A design source book), 1969
- Into the Hidden Environment: The Oceans, illustrations by David Nockels, 1973 (Viking Studio)
- Islamic Patterns, 1976
- Earth Mysteries : A Study in Patterns, 1978
- Time Stands Still: New Light on Megalithic Science, 1979
- Soul As Sphere and Androgyne, 1980
- Research : Principles, Policy and Practice, London : Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture, 1993
- The Whole Question of Health: Enquiry into Architectural First Principles in the Designing of Health Care Buildings, 1995
- Islamic Art and Architecture: System of Geometric Design, 1999
- Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers and Architects: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers and Architects, 2007.
[edit] Articles
- "The Platonic Tradition on the Nature of Proportion", in Bamford, Christopher, Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science, 1994.
- "What is Sacred Architecture?", in Bamford, Christopher, Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science, 1994.
- "Twelve Criteria for Sacred Architecture", in Bamford, Christopher, Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science, 1994.
[edit] References
- "Biographical Entry: Prof Keith Critchlow", Debrett's People of Today, Debrett's Limited, 18-20 Hill Rise, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6UA United Kingdom
- ^ a b Cf. Debrett's People of Today entry for Prof. Critchlow
- ^ "Biography: Keith Critchlow", Board of Advisers, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, New York.
- ^ Bamford, Christopher, Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science, Lindisfarne Press, 1994, ISBN 0-940262-63-0. Cf. author profiles.
- ^ foreword in The Foundations of Christian Art: Illustrated by Titus Burckhardt, edited by Michael Fitzgerald; foreword in Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Catherine Schuon; foreword in Chartres: and the birth of the cathedral by Titus Burckhardt; translated from the German by William Stoddart. Ipswich: Golgonooza, 1995.
- ^ a b Male, Lydia Sharman, "In the Mind of the Beholder", Saudi Aramco World, May/June 1990
- ^ Prince's School of Traditional Arts - Trustees and Staff "Dr Keith Critchlow, Professor Emeritus, Founder, and Director of Research"
- ^ The Krishnamurti Centre in England
- ^ Creston Mountain Zen Center - location and history of the dome Lindisfarne Chapel
- ^ Lerwill, John, "Who is Sai"
- ^ Temenos Academy - key individuals: Patron: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, President: Professor Keith Critchlow, Chairman: Sir Nicholas Pearson, Bt.
[edit] External links
- KAIROS Foundation - Workshop courses taught by Dr. Critchlow
- "Profile of Dr. Keith Critchlow" - World Wisdom Press
- Profile: Keith Critchlow - Steiner Books
