Paul Oliver

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Paul Oliver (born May 25, 1927 in Nottingham , † August 15, 2017 in Shipton-under-Wychwood ) was a British architectural historian and blues researcher. Most recently he worked at the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development .

Life

Oliver was an art historian who graduated from the University of London in 1955. He then worked at the National Gallery before moving to the Architectural Association . Since the early 1960s he worked in the architectural history with traditional architecture . He then taught at Dartington College of Arts and, since 1978, at the School of Architecture at Oxford Polytechnic .

In the field of architecture, he stood out above all with his argument that in the future vernacular architecture (in German only inadequately translated as “traditional architecture”) should play a greater role in order to ensure the sustainability of building for both cultural and economic reasons to guarantee. In 1997 he published the three-volume, 2500-page Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World , which includes contributions from researchers from 80 countries. Most recently he worked on a World Atlas of Vernacular Architecture .

His research on the blues is also very influential, as it was above all his publications on American traditional music that aroused interest in this music style worldwide and sustained it for decades (only the works of Samuel are comparable in their effect Charters ). Conversation with the Blues was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame (Classics of Blues Literature) in 1991, as was Blues fell this morning: the meaning of the blues in 1988 and The Story of the Blues in 1987.

Prizes and awards

In 1997, Oliver received the Sir Bannister Fletcher Award for Art and Architecture for his Encyclopedia of Vernaculuare Architecture . As a scientist, he became an honorary member of the Royal Institute of Architects in 1999 ; In 2002 he received the Life Time Achievement Award from the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments . In 2003 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his work in architecture training . In 2007 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gloucestershire . At the age of 85, he was honored with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement of the British Blues Awards .

bibliography

On architecture topics:

  • Paul Oliver: Shelter and society . London, 1969.
  • Paul Oliver: Dunroamin: the suburban semi and its enemies . Barrie & Jenkins, London 1981.
  • Paul Oliver: Dwellings: the house across the world . Phaidon, Oxford 1987.
  • Paul Oliver: Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997.
  • Paul Oliver: Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture . Elsevier, 2006.

On music topics:

  • Paul Oliver: Bessie Smith . Cassell, London 1959.
  • Paul Oliver: Blues fell this morning: the meaning of the blues . Cassell, London 1960, ISBN 3-85445-065-6 .
  • Paul Oliver: Conversation with the blues . Cassell, London 1965, ISBN 3-85445-065-6 .
  • Paul Oliver: Screening the blues: aspects of the blues tradition . Cassell, London 1968, ISBN 0-304-93137-3 .
  • Paul Oliver: The story of the blues . Barrie & Jenkins, London 1969, ISBN 3-85445-092-3 .
  • Paul Oliver: Savannah syncopators: African retentions in the blues . Studio Vista, 1970, ISBN 0-289-79828-0 .
  • Paul Oliver: Songsters and saints: vocal traditions on race records . Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 1984, ISBN 0-521-24827-2 .
  • Paul Oliver: Blues off the record: thirty years of blues commentary . Baton Press, Tunbridge Wells 1984, ISBN 0-306-80321-6 .
  • Paul Oliver: Conversation with the blues . Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-59181-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Grimes: Paul Oliver, Pre-eminent Authority on the Blues, Dies at 90. In: The New York Times . August 17, 2017, accessed on August 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library (with short biography) ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / architecture.brookes.ac.uk
  3. ^ Lifetime Achievement 2012 Paul Oliver
personal data
SURNAME Oliver, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architectural historian and blues researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham , England
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 2017
Place of death Shipton-under-Wychwood , England