Philip Powell

Architect

1921 – 2003

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Who was Philip Powell?

Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell, usually known as Philip Powell, was an English post-war architect.

He was educated at Epsom College and then the Architectural Association.

He was the father of "Humane modernism", and is famous for designing the Chichester Festival Theatre. He also designed the Skylon, the Churchill Gardens apartment complex in Pimlico and the main House at Chichester.

He founded a practice with Hidalgo Moya, Powell & Moya Architect Practice. Peter Skinner joined the practice in 1948 and later became a partner. They won a competition to build Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, a complex that houses 5,000 people in 1,800 flats. They were aged 24 and 23 respectively. They were then invited by Frederick Gibberd to design a housing project in Harlow New Town. Northbrooks sits imposingly above a valley to the South of the town centre, affording good views from and to the four-storey slab blocks. However, arguments with Harlow Design Corporation over the use of flat roofs led to the pair terminating their involvement prior to completion. They undertook no more work in the town, much to the disappointment of Gibberd, who had lectured them at the Architects' Association School.

Famous Quotes:

  • the Basil Spence Syndrome. When Coventry Cathedral was going up and in the public eye, he went through a lean period when he wasn't offered any jobs at all because people thought he wouldn't have time for anything else.

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Born
Mar 15, 1921
Also known as
  • Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell
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Spouses
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Diploma, Architectural Association School of Architecture
    ( - 1943)
  • Epsom College
Employment
  • Powell & Moya Architect Practice
Died
May 5, 2003
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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