Percy Johnson-Marshall
Percy Johnson-Marshall | |
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Born | Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall 20 January 1915 |
Died | 14 July 1993 (aged 78) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Liverpool University |
Relatives | Stirrat Johnson-Marshall (brother) |
Engineering career | |
Practice name | Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates |
Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall
In 1962, he founded the planning consultancy Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, commissioned to masterplan the University of Edinburgh's Comprehensive Development Area in the 1960s. The practice involved urban planning and redevelopment in the UK and abroad. He is well known for being the main Architect of Celtic Park.
Early life and work
Johnson-Marshall was born in Ajmer, India, to English parents, and was raised in England from the 1920s.[1] He attended the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, where his older brother, Stirrat Johnson-Marshall, was already studying. Tutors at Liverpool included Sir Patrick Abercrombie and Sir Charles Herbert Reilly. After graduating in 1936 he worked for Middlesex County Council, then for Willesden Borough Council, before moving to Coventry City Council in 1938, where he worked as Senior Assistant Architect under Chief Architect Donald Gibson, until called up for war service in 1941. He was elected to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1938.
During the
Academic career
In 1959, Johnson-Marshall was appointed Senior Lecturer in the University of Edinburgh's Department of Architecture. A new department of Urban Design and Regional Planning was established in 1964, with Percy Johnson-Marshall as the first professor, within the School of the Built Environment headed by Sir Robert Matthew. He founded the planning Research Unit at the University, which was involved in preparing several regional plans for areas of southern Scotland, and undertook regional surveys for the Scottish Development Department. In 1966 his book Rebuilding Cities was published.
In recognition of his services to the planning profession, Johnson-Marshall was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1975. In 1985 he retired from the professorship, to become director of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies. He suffered an illness in 1987–1988, and retired as director as a result.
Private practice
Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (PJMA) was established as a planning consultancy in 1962. The firm was founded following Johnson-Marshall's appointment as planning consultant to the University of Edinburgh, and specialised in urban design and regional planning. The practice undertook master plans for cities including
in Greater Manchester.After 1980, Johnson-Marshall's input declined, and the practice became more architecture-focused. Following Johnson-Marshall's retirement in 1985, the firm was known as Percy Johnson-Marshall & Partners (PJMP) until it was
Johnson-Marshall's brother Stirrat co-founded the architecture practice Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall, now known as RMJM, in 1956, with Sir Robert Matthew.
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/2) with Percy Johnson-Marshall in 1990 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[2]
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References
- "Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall". Edinburgh University Library Gallery of Benefactors. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
- "About Percy Johnson-Marshall". Rebuilding the City: The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection. Archived from the original on 8 June 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
- "The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection". Rebuilding the City: The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection. Archived from the original on 1 September 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
- "Practice history". jmarchitects. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
- "Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates". Rebuilding the City: The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection. Archived from the original on 28 September 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2008.