Owen Luder

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Owen Harold Luder , CBE (born August 7, 1928 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British architect who is attributed to the brutalism of architecture of the 1960s and 1970s.

Life

Luder was born in London to Edward Charles Luder and his wife Ellen Clara (née Mason). He was married twice and had five children.

Luder's buildings, which often took on the character of sculptures, were characterized by the raw, unclad outer skin of the concrete. In the rainy United Kingdom , characterized by humid winters , the structures of the buildings quickly turned gray-brown and streaked with rainwater.

Luder was honored by the award of the CBE and was Chairman of the Examination Chamber for Architects and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects .

In December 1963, Luder and his first wife, Rose Dorothy (née Broadstock), survived the fire and sinking of the Greek cruise ship Lakonia off Madeira as passengers , killing 128 people.

Works (selection)

Trinity Suares car park (demolished in 2010)
  • Conversion of a Victorian fire station to the South London Theater , 1967
  • Trinity Suare in Gateshead . The demolition, which began in 2009, was completed in August 2010 by the decision of the city administration to demolish the seven-storey car park and rooftop restaurant against the protests of film fans and monument conservationists. In 1971, the stairwell and the parking garage played a role in Mike Hodges' film Get Carter (German: Jack accounts).
  • Tricorn Center in Portsmouth , was demolished in 2004.
  • Derwent Tower in Gateshead, being demolished. The 29-storey building with 169 residential units, which was built in 1973 and had been vacant for a few years, was demolished by September 2012 together with the 116 maisonette apartments built next to it to make way for new apartments and shops.
  • Catford shopping center in London , planned for demolition in 2011
  • Eros House in Catford, Grade II listed
  • Southgate Shopping Center in Bath , Somerset , demolished in 2009.

Publications

  • 2006: Keeping out of Trouble - Good Practice Guide . RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Enterprises, London, ISBN 978-1-859461815 .

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAZ of August 17, 2010, page 32: teeth pulled
personal data
SURNAME Babe, Owen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luder, Owen Harold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK