Bernard Feilden

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Sir Bernard Melchior Feilden

conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal
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Biography

Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was educated at

University College, London, completing his training at the Architectural Association after the second world war.[1]

He joined the practice of Edward Boardman and Son in Norwich, where he designed the Trinity United Reformed Church. He set up an architectural practice, Feilden+Mawson, with David Mawson in 1956, to which offices in Norwich, London and Cambridge were later added. In 1968 Feilden took over as consultant architect to the University of East Anglia, completing the work of his predecessor Denys Lasdun, and creating an arena shaped square as a social space.[2]

His work in Britain encompassed

Al-Aqsa mosque, the Taj Mahal, the Konark Sun Temple and the Great Wall of China.[3]

From 1969 to 1977, he was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral.

He was elected Director of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (

ICCROM) in 1977. During his mandate he spearheaded safeguarding measures and disaster recovery of cultural heritage in the wake of the 1976 earthquakes in Guatemala and Friuli (Italy), and the 1979 earthquake in Montenegro.[4]

His 1982 publication, Conservation of Historic Buildings is still an important reference book for architectural conservators.[5]

In 1986 Feilden was awarded the

CBE in 1976 and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1985.[3]

He died on 14 November 2008 at the age of 89.

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/78) with Bernard Feilden in 2003-04 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[6]

References

  1. ISSN 1355-6207
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  2. ISBN 0-300-08717-9
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  3. ^ a b Fidler, John (20 November 2008). "Sir Bernard Feilden: Distinguished and prolific conservation architect whose work had global significance". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ISSN 1010-2639. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Sir Bernard Feilden: Conservation architect who brought his skills to Britain's cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal". The Telegraph. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  6. ^ National Life Stories, 'Feilden, Bernard (1 of 43) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2018

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