Frank Newby
Frank Newby (born March 26, 1926 in Barnsley , † May 10, 2001 in London ) was a British civil engineer.
Newby studied mechanics (engineering) at Cambridge University (Trinity College) from 1943 to 1947 and was then in the compulsory National Service. From 1949 he was in Felix Samuely's engineering office in London. In 1951 they both attracted a lot of attention for their Skylon at the Festival of Britain, a tensegrity structure made of steel, which was elongated, streamlined in shape and appeared to float in the air. In 1952 he went to the USA and visited designers and architects such as Charles Eames , Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen . In 1956 he became a partner in Samuely's London office and after his death in 1959 he headed the engineering office.
He designed the buildings of Great Britain at the World Exhibition in Brussels in 1958, he was involved with Saarinen in the design of the American Embassy in London in 1960, and in 1965 he designed the large aviary at the London Zoo with the architects Cedric Price and Lord Snowdon . The Snowdon Aviary has been a listed building since 1998. He designed the engineering building for the University of Leicester with architects James Stirling and James Gowan and the Boots factory in Nottingham (completed in 1968) with the Chicago company Skidmore, Owings and Merrill .
In 1985 he received the gold medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers .
He also delved into building history as head of the history group of the Institution of Structural Engineers.
literature
- Derek Sugden, obituary in The Independent, May 24, 2001
Individual evidence
- ^ The Snowdon Aviary: Grade II * listing. In The Architects' Journal. June 18, 1998, accessed August 15, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Newby, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barnsley |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2001 |
| Place of death | London |