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Leslie Martin (1908-2000) now merits a surprisingly modest mention in architectural histories of the postwar era, best known as a designer of Londons much-loved Royal Festival Hall, completed in 1951. His substantial inuence recorded in his obituaries in arq (4.4 [2001], pp. 295322) is now frequently neglected.1 Yet, having served as Deputy Chief Architect, then Chief Architect, of London County Councils Architects Department from 194856, Martin went on to become one of the UKs most respected architects. By the mid-1960s he was running a busy practice alongsidehis appointment as Cambridge Universitys rst Professor of Architecture.
Leslie Martin (1908-2000) now merits a surprisingly modest mention in architectural histories of the postwar era, best known as a designer of Londons much-loved Royal Festival Hall, completed in 1951. His substantial inuence recorded in his obituaries in arq (4.4 [2001], pp. 295322) is now frequently neglected.1 Yet, having served as Deputy Chief Architect, then Chief Architect, of London County Councils Architects Department from 194856, Martin went on to become one of the UKs most respected architects. By the mid-1960s he was running a busy practice alongsidehis appointment as Cambridge Universitys rst Professor of Architecture.
Architects + Research
Martin, Leslie (author)
2016
Article (Journal)
English
BKL:
56.60
Architektur: Allgemeines
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