Basil Spence

Architect

1907 – 1976

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Who was Basil Spence?

Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM, OBE, RA was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.

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Born
Aug 13, 1907
Mumbai
Ethnicity
  • Scottish people
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Edinburgh College of Art
  • George Watson's College
  • The Bartlett
Employment
  • Architect's Assistant, Edwin Lutyens
    (1935 - )
Lived in
  • Edinburgh
Died
Nov 19, 1976
Yaxley
Resting place
Thornham Parva

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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