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william, whitfield, architect, william, whitfield, october, 1920, march, 2019, british, architect, town, planner, william, whitfieldborn, 1920, october, 1920stockton, tees, englanddied16, march, 2019, 2019, aged, alma, materking, college, durham, universityocc. Sir William Whitfield CBE 21 October 1920 16 March 2019 1 was a British architect and town planner Sir William WhitfieldBorn 1920 10 21 21 October 1920Stockton on Tees EnglandDied16 March 2019 2019 03 16 aged 98 Alma materKing s College Durham UniversityOccupation s Architect and town planner Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life EditWhitfield was born in Stockton on Tees into a coal owning family and studied architecture at King s College Newcastle later the Newcastle University School of Architecture Planning and Landscape where he was admitted by a special dispensation at the unusually early age of 15 1 2 and where he later studied Town Planning after the Second World War 1 Career EditWhitfield designed the Glasgow University Library 1968 and the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Extension at the University of Glasgow 1962 81 as well as an extension to the Newcastle University Students Union building 1964 and University Theatre now unrecognisable and called the Northern Stage He designed the Business School and the Science Library at Durham University both now extended In 1970 a major bush hammered concrete Brutalist extension to Whitfield s design was opened 3 at Arthur Beresford Pite and John Belcher s 1890 1893 Institute of Chartered Accountants headquarters Chartered Accountants Hall including a new entrance as well as the 1987 Department of Health building Richmond House in Richmond Terrace Whitehall London 2 He designed the Chapter House at St Albans Cathedral the Catheral Lodge in the close at Canterbury Cathedral and the new Mappa Mundi Library at Hereford Cathedral in a free gothic style Tusmore ParkWith Andrew Lockwood he designed the neo Palladian mansion Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire for the Saudi Arabian financier Wafic Said 4 He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul s Cathedral from 1985 to 1990 5 architect for the restoration of Christ Church Spitalfields a Commissioner of English Heritage Commissioner of the Royal Fine Art Commission and a Trustee of the British Museum 1 He was awarded CBE in the 1976 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 1993 New Year Honours 6 References Edit a b c d Jeffery Roland 3 April 2019 Sir William Whitfield obituary The Guardian London Retrieved 3 April 2019 a b Sir William Whitfield Oxford Index OUP Retrieved 30 November 2014 Historic England Chartered Accountants Hall One Moorgate Place 1064586 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 10 October 2018 Worsley Giles 2 November 2004 The English country house rises once more Daily Telegraph Retrieved 30 November 2014 Burman Peter 2004 Chapter 23 Decoration Furnishings and Art since 1900 In Keene Derek Burns R Arthur Saint Andrew eds St Paul s The Cathedral Church of London 604 2004 Yale University Press p 264 ISBN 9780300092769 No 53153 The London Gazette 1st supplement 31 December 1992 p 2 External links EditBiography in Oxford Index Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Whitfield architect amp oldid 1143300375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
