Roger Westman (artist)

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Roger Westman
Born1939
NationalityBritish
Education Architectural Association
MovementBrutalist and modernist

Roger Westman (born 1939) is an English artist, architect and designer noted for his simple and practical style.

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Architecture

He was educated at Arnold House, a preparatory school for boys in St John's Wood, and Latymer Upper School, where he rowed for the school. [1] He went up to the Architectural Association School of Architecture (between 1957 and 1963). [2] [3]

Arnold House School

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St Johns Wood area of Marylebone, west London

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Latymer Upper School school in Hammersmith and Fulham, UK

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Westman has won awards for his designs of NHS hospitals, urban housing, social housing and development work on the Barbican Centre between 2005 and 2006. [4] [5] [6] In 1959, he made major contributions to homes in Hampstead. [7] [8] And, in the 1960s, designed many homes in Hampstead Garden Suburb. [9] In 1962, Soon after leaving the AA, his history, titled, The Origins of the International Style in England 1927-1939 was published. [10] He appeared in the BFI and RIBA's Faces of Architecture programme in 1967. [11]

National Health Service publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom

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Hampstead Garden Suburb suburb of Hampstead, United Kingdom

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Art and design

In 1981, Westman exhibited his scheme Walls: A Framework for Communal Anarchy at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. [12] [13] In the same year, he exhibited, Tomorrow's New Community, A piece that artistically presented a 'do-it-yourself' community build - from Year 10 to Year 20. [14] [15] [16] It was dubbed an "attractive idea... tantalisingly presented" by the New scientist. [15] His architectural drawings and various sketches have received prizes - including one from the V&A. [17] [18]

Victoria and Albert Museum Art museum in London

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He is a member of the 20th Century Society (C20) and currently lives in Hampstead Garden Suburb. [19] [1]

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  7. ↑ Architectural Association (1959). "Architectural Association Journal". Architectural Association Journal. 75: 60 and 61.
  8. ↑ Eames, Charles (2007). Charles and Ray Eames. Distributed Art Pub Incorporated. pp. 33 and 79. ISBN   8434311453.
  9. ↑ Architects, Royal Institute of British (1965). The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
  10. ↑ Westman, Roger (1962). The Origins of the International Style in England 1927-1939. London: Architectural Press.
  11. ↑ "RIBA Journal". RIBA Journal. 74: 64 + 372.
  12. ↑ Hardy, Dennis; Ward, Colin (2004-01-01). Arcadia for All: The Legacy of a Makeshift Landscape. Five Leaves. ISBN   9780907123590.
  13. ↑ England), Institute of Contemporary Arts (London (1981-01-01). Future communities: exhibition Institute of Contemporary Arts. The Institute. ISBN   9780905263144.
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