Peter Bartlett (architect)
Peter Bartlett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter John Bartlett 7 January 1929 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 21 December 2019 (aged 90) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | Structured evaluation of attitudes to dwelling environments: people’s subjective assessments of preference satisfaction and meaning as indicators of architectural design performance (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Toy |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
Peter John Bartlett (7 January 1929 – 21 December 2019) was a New Zealand architect and professor of architectural design.
Early life, education and family
Born in
in 1953, Bartlett married Margaret Ann Lawlor, and the couple went on to have six children.[1]
Archtitectural career
Bartlett was awarded a New Zealand government cultural fund bursary to study in Paris in 1953 and 1954, and spent the postgraduate year of his architectural studies in France.[1] Between 1954 and 1957, he worked in Paris as a project architect on multi-storey housing projects, before returning to New Zealand and going into private practice.[1]
In 1958, he won first prize in the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Winstone House Competition, and in 1968 he was awarded an NZIA bronze medal for the Newcombe house in Parnell; the building received an NZIA Auckland enduring architecture award in 2013.[1][3][4] Bartlett designed the Centennial Theatre Centre at his old school, Auckland Grammar, which won an NZIA Auckland region medal in 1974, and an NZIA gold medal in 1975.[1]
Bartlett was elected as a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 1976, and a
Academic career
In 1961, Bartlett was one of a number of architects, including Harry Turbott and Bill Wilson, employed as a sessional staff member in the School of Architecture at the University of Auckland.[3] In 1964, he was appointed as a senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Auckland, to teach architectural history and theory, and he was promoted to professor of architectural design in 1977.[1][3] When he retired in 1993, Bartlett was conferred the title of professor emeritus.[5]
Death
Bartlett died in the Auckland suburb of
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7900-0130-6.
- hdl:2292/6016.
- ^ a b c Watkins, Tony (17 January 2020). Walsh, John (ed.). "Professor Peter John Bartlett". The Bulletin. NZIA.
- ^ "Newcombe House". NZIA. 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Professores emeriti". University of Auckland. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Peter Bartlett death notice". New Zealand Herald. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.