Bryan Avery
| Bryan Avery | |
|---|---|
 Avery giving a lecture in 2014 | |
| Born |
Bryan Robert Avery 2 January 1944 Berkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died |
4 July 2017 (aged 73) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards |
Design Council Millennium Products Award[1] Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award[2] |
| Practice | Avery Associates Architects |
| Buildings |
BFI London IMAX |
| Projects | Wilderness City |
Bryan Robert Avery MBE RIBA (2 January 1944 – 4 July 2017)[3] was a London based architect, born in Berkshire, England.[4] After his childhood years spent in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, he studied architecture at Leicester College of Art (now the De Montfort University), followed by a MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at Essex University under Professors Joseph Rykwert and Dalibor Vesely.[5]
He established his own practice Avery Associates Architects in 1976. The practice has built a wide range of projects ranging from theatres and museums to offices and educational buildings, many of which have won respected awards.[6]
He published a book "Fragments of Wilderness City" (ISBN 9781904772583) in 2011 which describes his work and theory.[7]
Awards
Avery was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2015 for services to architecture.[8]
In 2010 Avery was awarded the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for the Old Bailey office building.[9]
In 1999, Avery was awarded the Design Council's Millennium Products Award for the BFI IMAX cinema in Waterloo, London.[10]
Projects (built)
- Museum of the Moving Image, London (1988)[11][12]
- Neathouse Place offices, London (1997)
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London[13]
- BFI London IMAX, London (1999)[14]
- The London Transport Museum, London (2007)[15]
- 10 Old Bailey offices, London (2009)[16]
- Repton School Theatre, Derbyshire (2011)[17]
Projects (proposals)
- Oxford Street (1983)[18]
- Symbol for Southampton (2006)[19]
- Lymington residential, restaurant and gallery development (2011)[20]
- Wilderness City[21]
- CitizenM hotel, Holborn (2012)[22]
- Stansted Airport Crossrail (2013)[23][24]
- St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington (2014)[25]
- No. 1 Undershaft (site of Aviva Tower), City of London (2015)[26]
References
- ↑ Design Council Millennium Products list
- ↑ International Architecture Award 2010 citation Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Weston, Richard (6 July 2017). "Bryan Avery obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ↑ The International Who's Who, page 81, 2004
- ↑ South East Regional Design Panel cv
- ↑ Avery Associates Architects awards
- ↑ "Fragments of Wilderness City Bryan Avery". Black Dog. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "Queen’s Birthday Honours: Avery and Darley recognised". Architects' Journal. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "7-10 Old Bailey". Architecture News Plus. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sci/Tech Millennium mix of innovation". BBC News. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ The Independent 23 November 1997
- ↑ The Times Monday, 17 June 1985; pg. 10; Issue 62166
- ↑ The Guardian (London, England) (4 December 2000): p12
- ↑ British Film Institute website Archived 13 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Avery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum". Building Design. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ Architects' Journal 25 March 2009
- ↑ "Top marks for school's £2.7m theatre complex". This is Derbyshire. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, 24 December 1983; pg. 2; Issue 61721
- ↑ Southern Daily Echo 4 September 2006
- ↑ "Lymington Society Meeting Gives Enthusiastic Welcome to Architects Designs for Redrow Development on Old Chicken Factory Site". Lymington Society. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "Fragments of a wilderness city" (PDF). Planning in London. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "New scheme for Holborn Viaduct". City Planning. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "STANSTED AIRPORT CROSSRAIL BY AVERY ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS". http://aasarchitecture.com/2013/08/stansted-airport-crossrail-by-avery-associates-architects.html. 1 August 2013. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ "Flights of Fancy: London's airport options revealed". Architects' Journal. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "St Barbe revamp: Lymington museum gets lottery funds". BBC News. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Weston, Richard (9 January 2015). "The Contextual Tower: Avery Associates' No. 1 Undershaft". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2 February 2015.