Olivia Horsfall Turner
Olivia Horsfall Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Olivia Jane Horsfall Turner January 1980 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University, Yale University, University College London |
| Occupation | Architectural historian |
| Website | http://www.oliviahorsfallturner.com |
Olivia Jane Horsfall Turner (born January 1980) is a British architectural historian, author and broadcaster. In 2013, she was the writer and presenter of the television series Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain for BBC Four.
Early life and education
Olivia Horsfall Turner was born in January 1980. She was brought up in Greenwich, London, where she became interested in architecture through the influence of her father.[1] She studied history and history of art at Cambridge University, graduating with first class honours in 2002, and then completed an MA at Yale University. She received her PhD from University College London.[2]
Career
Horsfall Turner worked at Trinity College Dublin, followed by a position with English Heritage as an architectural investigator and secondment to the Survey of London as an historian.[2]
In September 2013, Horsfall Turner was appointed a director of The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, which position she held until September 2015.
She joined the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2014 as Curator, Designs and Lead Curator for the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership.[2]
Broadcasting
In 2013, Horsfall Turner was the writer and presenter of the television series Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain for BBC Four, produced by Timeline Films.[3] The three-part series looked at plans for ambitious buildings that were never built.[4] Horsfall Turner has been described as having "a delicately old-fashioned manner"[5] and "the flamboyancy of the school swot's big sister."[6]
Selected publications
- "The mirror of Great Britain": National identity in seventeenth-century British architecture. Spire, 2012. (Editor) ISBN 978-1904965381
References
- ^ Olivia Horsfall Turner. BBC4. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ a b c About. Olivia Horsfall Turner. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ TV. Olivia Horsfall Turner. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Olivia Horsfall Turner presents 'Unbuilt Britain' on BBC4. Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ The best and worst of British television: Benefits Britain; Fightback Britain; Unbuilt Britain. Rachel Cooke, NewStatesman, 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain, Episode one, review. Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph, 13 August 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.