Hugh Casson
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Life
Casson was born in London on 23 May 1910, spending his early years in
Work
Before the
Casson was appointed to his role as director of architecture of the Festival of Britain on the
After the war, and alongside his Festival work, Casson went into partnership with young architect Neville Conder. Their projects included corporate headquarters buildings, university campuses, the Elephant House at London Zoo, a building for the Royal College of Art (where Casson was Professor of Interior Design from 1955 to 1975, and later served as Provost), the Microbiology Building (Belfast), and the master planning and design of the Sidgwick Avenue arts faculty buildings for the University of Cambridge, including the Austin Robinson Building which houses the Faculty of Economics as well as the Marshall Library of Economics. This latter project lasted some thirty years.[7]
Casson was a friend of members of the
From 1953 to 1975, he was professor of environmental design at the Royal College of Art, where his wife Margaret was senior tutor.[1][14]
In the 1980s Casson became a television presenter, with his own series, Personal Pleasures with Sir Hugh Casson, about stately homes and places he enjoyed.[7]
Casson supplied watercolour illustrations for a new edition of
Reception
After his work for the Festival of Britain, Casson was
He was elected an associate member of the
From 1982 to 2017 Private Eye magazine gave the Sir Hugh Casson Award for the "Worst New Building of the Year".[20]
An archive of Casson's papers is held by the
Selected publications
- Hugh Casson's Oxford, London : Phaidon, 1998, ISBN 0714838101
- Hugh Casson's Cambridge, London : Phaidon, 1992, ISBN 0714824593
- Hugh Casson's London, London : Dent, 1983, ISBN 0460045911
- The Tower of London : an artist's portrait, with additional text ("An historian's viewpoint") by Richard White, London : Herbert Press in association with HM Tower of London, 1993, ISBN 1871569451
- Sketch book : a personal choice of London buildings, drawn 1971-1974 with introduction by ISBN 0902490206
- Diary, Hugh Casson, London : Macmillan, 1981, ISBN 0333311124
- Nanny Says, as recalled by Sir Hugh Casson and ISBN 023477715X
- Bridges, London : Chatto, 1963.
- Monuments, London : Chatto, 1963.
- Red Lacquer Days. An illustrated journal describing a recent journey to Peking, London : Lion & Unicorn Press, 1956
- An Introduction to Victorian Architecture, London : Art and Technics, 1948
- Homes by the Million. An account of the housing achievement in the U.S.A., 1940-1945, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1946
- New Sights of London: The Handy Guide to Contemporary Architecture, London : Westminster : London Transport Publications, 1938
Casson also illustrated many books; perhaps the most famous being
Casson's biography was published in 2000.[23]
References
- ^ . (subscription required).
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- ^ a b "Sir Hugh Casson, architect, designer, illustrator and journalist: papers, 1867-2007" (PDF). Victoria and Albert Museum: Archive of Art and Design.
- ^ "Sir Hugh Casson Interviewed by Cathy Courtney" (PDF). British Library National Life Stories Leaders of National Life.
- ^ "Sir Hugh Casson lecturing | Works of Art | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum (10 September 2012). "Archives of Sir Hugh Casson and Margaret Macdonald Casson". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries: Sir Hugh Casson". The Independent. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Hugh Casson (1938). New Sights Of London. London: London Passenger Transport Board.
- ^ a b c Lionel Esher. Obituaries: Sir Hugh Casson. The Independent, 17 August 1999. Accessed March 2012.
- ^ Sir Hugh Casson, CH KCVO PRA RDI RIBA FSIAD, architect... painter... author, 1910 – 1999. Sir Hugh Casson Ltd. Accessed March 2012.
- ^ "Sir Hugh Casson and the coronation". Royal Institute of British Architects.
- ^ P.D. (1999). Hugh Casson 1910-1999. Architectural Review. 206 (1232): 37. (subscription required).
- ^ Neil Bingham (2016). Hugh Casson 1910-1999 Margaret Casson 1913-1999. Architectural Review, May 2016: 83. (subscription required).
- ^ National Life Stories, 'Casson, Hugh (1 of 2) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 1991. Retrieved 10 April 2018
- ISBN 0719546966.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette 31 December 1984. The London Gazette 49969: 18. Accessed March 2012.
- ^ Sir Hugh Casson PRA (1910–1999). London: Royal Academy of Arts. Archived 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Prizes". London: Royal Academy of Arts. Archived 3 June 2015.
- ^ The Keeper's House. London: Royal Academy of Arts. Archived 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast. Episode 13" (Podcast). 30 November 2015.
- ^ Archives of Sir Hugh Casson and Margaret Macdonald Casson. London: Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- OCLC 43879658.