Edward Cullinan

Edward Cullinan
Born Edward Horder Cullinan
(1931-07-17) 17 July 1931
Islington, London, England
Occupation Architect

Edward Horder Cullinan CBE, RA, RIBA, HonFRIAS (born 17 July 1931), better known as Ted Cullinan, is an English architect.

Life

Born in Islington, London,[1] Cullinan was educated at Ampleforth College, Queens' College, Cambridge, the Architectural Association, and the University of California, Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for the University of East Anglia. [2]

Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge
Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton

Cullinan founded his own practice in 1959. The co-operative, Edward Cullinan Architects, was founded in 1965.[3] Notable projects include the Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton (completed in 1991),[4] the Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre (completed 1992), the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) (completed 2003), the Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002, nominated for the Stirling Prize) and the new library at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (opened 2010).

Cullinan is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham, and has been awarded four other professorships at The Bartlett (1978–9), Sheffield University (1985–87), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985), and the University of Edinburgh (1987–90).

In 2008 Cullinan was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. [3]

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/93) with Edward Cullinan in 2010 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=edward&lastname=cullinan&eventyear=1931&eventyear_offset=0
  2. ↑ "Edward Cullinan | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. 1 2 Glancey, Jonathan (15 October 2007). "A long time coming". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  4. ↑ The Theatre Trust
  5. ↑ National Life Stories, 'Cullinan, Edward (1 of 15) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2018
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