Bryan Avery
Bryan Avery | |
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 Avery giving a lecture in 2014 | |
| Born | Bryan Robert Avery 2 January 1944 |
| Died | 4 July 2017 (aged 73) London, England |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Design Council Millennium Products Award[1] Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award[2] |
| Practice | Avery Associates Architects |
| Buildings | BFI London IMAX Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) |
| Projects | Wilderness City |
Bryan Robert Avery MBE RIBA (2 January 1944 – 4 July 2017)[3] was an English architect, born in Wallingford, Berkshire.[4][5] After his childhood years spent in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, he studied architecture at Leicester College of Art (now the De Montfort University), followed by an MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at Essex University under Professors Joseph Rykwert and Dalibor Vesely.[6]
He established his own practice Avery Associates Architects in 1976. The practice has built a wide range of projects ranging from theatres and museums to offices and educational buildings, many of which have won respected awards.[7]
He published a book, Fragments of Wilderness City (ISBN 9781904772583) in 2011 which describes his work and theory.[8]
Awards
[edit]Avery was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2015 for services to architecture.[9]
In 2010 Avery was awarded the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for the Old Bailey office building.[10]
In 1999, Avery was awarded the Design Council's Millennium Products Award for the BFI IMAX cinema in Waterloo, London.[11]
Projects (built)
[edit]- Museum of the Moving Image, London (1988)[12][13]
- Neathouse Place offices, London (1997)
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London[14]
- BFI London IMAX, London (1999)[15]
- The London Transport Museum, London (2007)[16]
- 10 Old Bailey offices, London (2009)[17]
- Repton School Theatre, Derbyshire (2011)[18]
Projects (proposals)
[edit]- Oxford Street (1983)[19]
- Symbol for Southampton (2006)[20]
- Lymington residential, restaurant and gallery development (2011)[21]
- Wilderness City[22]
- CitizenM hotel, Holborn (2012)[23]
- Stansted Airport Crossrail (2013)[24][25]
- St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington (2014)[26]
- No. 1 Undershaft (site of Aviva Tower), City of London (2015)[27]
References
[edit]- ^ Design Council Millennium Products list
- ^ International Architecture Award 2010 citation Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Weston, Richard (6 July 2017). "Bryan Avery obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
- ^ The International Who's Who, page 81, 2004
- ^ South East Regional Design Panel cv
- ^ Avery Associates Architects awards
- ^ "Fragments of Wilderness City Bryan Avery". Black Dog. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours: Avery and Darley recognised". Architects' Journal. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "7-10 Old Bailey". Architecture News Plus. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Sci/Tech Millennium mix of innovation". BBC News. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ The Independent 23 November 1997
- ^ The Times Monday, 17 June 1985; pg. 10; Issue 62166
- ^ The Guardian (London, England) (4 December 2000): p12
- ^ British Film Institute website Archived 13 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Avery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum". Building Design. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Architects' Journal 25 March 2009
- ^ "Top marks for school's £2.7m theatre complex". This is Derbyshire. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ The Times, Saturday, 24 December 1983; pg. 2; Issue 61721
- ^ Southern Daily Echo 4 September 2006
- ^ "Lymington Society Meeting Gives Enthusiastic Welcome to Architects Designs for Redrow Development on Old Chicken Factory Site". Lymington Society. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Fragments of a wilderness city" (PDF). Planning in London. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "New scheme for Holborn Viaduct". City Planning. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "STANSTED AIRPORT CROSSRAIL BY AVERY ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS". 1 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Flights of Fancy: London's airport options revealed". Architects' Journal. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "St Barbe revamp: Lymington museum gets lottery funds". BBC News. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Weston, Richard (9 January 2015). "The Contextual Tower: Avery Associates' No. 1 Undershaft". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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