Raymond Unwin
Raymond Unwin (born November 2, 1863 in Oxford , † June 2, 1940 in Lyme , Connecticut ) was an English architect and town planner .
After studying at Oxford, he opened an office in Buxton with Barry Parker in 1896 . The commission for the garden city of Letchworth (1903) made him the first architect of an English garden city. In 1907 the order for Hampstead followed . 1911–1914 he was a professor of urban planning at the University of Birmingham , and in 1914 he became chairman of the London Urban Planning Inspectorate.
Works
- Basics of town planning: a guide to designing town planning facilities . Berlin, 1922
Web links
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Unwin, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English architect and urban planner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1940 |
| Place of death | London |