Leslie Martin
Sir John Leslie Martin KBE (born August 17, 1908 in Manchester ; † July 28, 2000 ) was an English architect and representative of the so-called International Style .
Life
After graduating from the University of Manchester , Leslie Martin taught at the University of Hull . In 1937 he edited Circle magazine with Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo ; this magazine reviewed avant-garde abstract art and architecture .
In 1948 Hugh Casson selected him to join a team of designers in building the Royal Festival Hall in London ; this project was part of the prestigious Festival of Britain construction project . In 1950 Martin was also responsible for the design of the Loughborough Estate in Brixton , in south London.
From 1956 Martin was director of the Architecture School at the University of Cambridge , and Colin St. John Wilson was his assistant. Martin and Wilson designed a number of academic buildings in Cambridge : the Harvey Court dormitory for Gonville and Caius College , the William Stone Building for Peterhouse , and the Pendlebury Library of Music ; in Oxford: the St. Cross faculty libraries, on St. Cross Road, for Oxford University . One of his later construction projects was the extension of the Kettle's Yard art gallery.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf K. Placzek , Macmillan encyclopedia of architects. Volume 4, Free Press, 1982, ISBN 0-02-925000-5 , p. 112.
- ^ Obituary Notices. on: admin.cam.ac.uk
- ↑ Hasan-Uddin Khan: International style: modernist architecture from 1925 to 1965. Taschen-Verlag, Cologne 1998, p. 230.
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| SURNAME | Martin, Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martin, John Leslie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English architect, and representative of the so-called International Style |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 2000 |