Leonard Manasseh
Leonard Sulla Manasseh
Early life and education
Manasseh was born in
Career
After the
Manasseh's reputation rose with his work at the Festival of Britain, and he formed Leonard Manasseh and Partners with Ian Baker, becoming "one of the leading British architects of the 1960s".[5] In 1958–60 Rutherford School, Paddington, was built to a design by Manasseh and Baker and in 1964 they designed the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.[1]
During his career Manasseh had a close relationship with the Architectural Association, as a teacher[6] and, from 1964 to 1965, as its president.[7][8] He served as a council member for various architectural associations[4] and, in 1989, he was elected the first architect president of the Royal West of England Academy,[9] a post he undertook until 1994.[10]
He published numerous articles in architectural magazines and, together with
Other
Manasseh also had a close ties with the
In the 1982 Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[14]
A portrait in oils of the architect by the artist Jennifer McRae is in the collection of the
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/27) with Leonard Manasseh in 1998 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[18]
Private life
Manasseh was firstly married to Karin Williger (1919-2008), a textile designer,[19] with whom he had two sons, Alan and Zachary, and, after they divorced following her desertion that forced Manasseh to return to England from Singapore where he was setting up a practice, he married Sarah Delaforce in 1957.[2] They had three children, a daughter, Rebecca, and two sons, Amos and Phineas, and the extended family lived at 6 Bacon's Lane, Highgate, a house designed by Manasseh that was completed in 1959.[20]
Manasseh turned 100 in May 2016[21] and died in March 2017.[2] He was predeceased by both his wives, his oldest son Alan and his daughter, Rebecca.[2] His son Amos became custodian of the Highgate property in 2019.[20] In that year, Leonard Manasseh's granddaughter, Chloe Manasseh, an artist, undertook a commission for The British High Commission in Singapore which referenced her late grandfather's recollections of his childhood in Eden Hall, Singapore.[22][23] His son Phineas (Phin) is also an architect.[24][25]
References
- ^ a b c "Architect Leonard Manasseh at age 100 | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts". Royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Brittain-Catlin, Timothy. "Leonard Manasseh obituary | Art and design". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Powers, Alan. "Leonard Manasseh, 1916 - 2017". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "1964/9 Amos Manasseh". davidmcfall.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Leonard Manasseh & Partners". Historic England. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Leonard Manasseh | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "AA School". www.aaschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Waite, Richard (24 March 2017). "The profession reacts: Leonard Manasseh dies aged 100". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Leonard Manasseh (1916–2017), President of the Royal West of England Academy (1989–1994) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- S2CID 86327632.
- ^ RA, Trevor Dannatt. "Remembering Leonard Manasseh RA | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Leonard Manasseh (b. 1916) - The Rescue, Wednesday 24.XI.1976". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "No. 49008". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1982. p. 11.
- ^ "Leonard Manasseh - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Leonard Manasseh - architect of '51 Bar - Festival of Britain, South Bank, London". RIBApix. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ National Life Stories, 'Manasseh, Leonard (1 of 15) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 1998. Retrieved 10 April 2018
- ISBN 978-90-04-39510-7.
- ^ a b Architects (JPA), John Pardey. "6 Bacons Lane, Highgate London UK". www.johnpardeyarchitects.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Charles Saumarez Smith (21 May 2016). "Leonard Manasseh RA". Charlessaumarezsmith.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ UCL (9 April 2019). "Artist draws on family history for Singapore commission". UCL News. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "From Marrakech To Tree-Climbing Goats, Chloë Manasseh Paints Her Memories Of Morocco | A Magazine Singapore". read-a.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Phineas Sulla MANASSEH personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 29 April 2022.