William Whitfield (architect)

William Whitfield
Born 1920
Occupation Architect
Title Sir

Sir William Whitfield CBE (born 1920) of Whitfield Lockwood Architects is a British architect.

Early life

William Whitfield was born in 1920.[1]

Career

Whitfield 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). He also designed a major bush-hammered concrete Brutalist extension (1964–70)[2] for 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.[1]

Tusmore Park

Together with his partner Andrew Lockwood, he designed the neo-Palladian mansion Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire for the Saudi Arabian financier Wafic Saïd.[3]

From 1985 to 1990, he was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral.[4]

He was awarded CBE in the 1976 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 1993 New Year Honours. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sir William Whitfield". Oxford Index. OUP. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chartered Accountants' Hall, One Moorgate Place". Historic England. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Worsley, Giles (2 November 2004). "The English country house rises once more". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Burman, Peter (2004). "Chapter 23: Decoration, Furnishings and Art since 1900". In Keene, Derek; Burns, R. Arthur; Saint, Andrew. St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004. Yale University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780300092769.
  5. ↑ "No. 53153". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 2.
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