Joseph Emberton (1889–1956) was an English architect of the early modernist period. He was born 23 December 1889 in Audley, Staffordshire and was educated at the Royal College of Art.[1] He first worked for the London architects Trehearne and Norman between 1913-1914, before serving as a gunner in the Honourable Artillery Company during the First World War. His 1931 design of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch represented Britain at the influential International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932.[2] He went on to design the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store in 1936 with the interior designed by László Moholy-Nagy,[3] and the Casino at Blackpool's pleasure beach in 1939. Joseph Emberton's archive is located at the University of Brighton Design Archives.[4]
The Casino at Blackpool Pleasure Beach designed by Emberton in 1939.
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- Anthony Sutcliffe. (2006). London: An Architectural History. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-11006-5.
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British architect |
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1889 |
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