Derek Sugden
Derek Sugden (born December 27, 1924 in Hitchin , Hertfordshire , † December 30, 2015 ) was a British civil engineer and room acoustician.
Sugden, whose father was a draftsman, completed an apprenticeship in construction at West Ham in London and attended Westminster Technical College. At the same time he was musically interested in his parents' home. He married in 1949 and worked for the London construction company CF White in the London docks. He followed a colleague at White, Ronald Hobbs , to Arup in 1953 and first worked with the architect Philip Dowson on a factory in Welwyn and on the prestressed concrete roof of the Bank of England printing plant in Debden.
One of his most famous projects was the conversion of the Snape Maltings malt house in Suffolk into a concert hall for the Aldeburgh Festival (directed by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears ). It was opened in 1967. After a fire in 1969, Sugden rebuilt it in just 42 weeks.
His other projects included the new Glyndebourne Opera House (1994, architects Michael Hopkins and Patty Hopkins), the Buxton Opera House (renovation, 1979), the renovation of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and the Theater Royal in Glasgow . In 1980 he founded Arup Acoustics with Richard Cowell.
1983 to 1987 he was chairman of Arup Associates. In 1998 he retired.
His own house in Watford was designed in 1956 by architects Peter Smithson and Alison Smithson .
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- ↑ https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/simple-yet-radical-the-sugden-house-designed-by-renowned-architectural-duo-the-smithsons-listed-for-a112291 .html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugden, Derek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British civil engineer and room acoustician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hitchin , Hertfordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2015 |