Spencer de Grey
Spencer Thomas de Grey | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) The Sage Gateshead Great Court, British Museum |
Spencer Thomas de Grey, RA RIBA (born 1944) is a British architect.
Early and personal life
He was born in 1944 in
Sir Roger de Grey[2] and Flavia Hatt Irwin
.
He married Hon. Amanda Lucy Annan, daughter of Noel Annan, Baron Annan, in 1977 and has two children.[3]
Early career
He studied architecture at
chartered architect in 1993.[4]
Career at Foster Associates (later Foster + Partners)
He joined
Stansted Airport, which he saw through to completion in 1991. During this period, he also worked on the unbuilt BBC Radio Centre and was responsible for the Sackler Galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts
in London.
He was made a partner in 1991 and since then he has overseen a wide range of projects, including Cambridge Law Faculty, the
The Sage Gateshead (Music Centre),[7]
HM Treasury in Whitehall and nine City Academy schools in the UK.
He is responsible for a number of projects in the USA including the masterplan and first phase of the
Washington DC.[11]
In May 2007, Foster + Partners restructured with external investor
Lord Foster as Chairman, Mouzhan Majidi as Chief Executive, and original shareholders Spencer de Grey and David Nelson as Heads of Design.[12]
Extracurricular activities
He lectures widely, is an architectural advisor for the
Royal Academician in December 2008.[16]
Honours
He was made a
Queen's Birthday Honours of 1997.[17]
References
- ^ Royal Academy
- ^ Stanford W.H. Auden Family Tree Project
- ^ The Peerage
- ^ Debretts
- ^ "Foster + Partners Staff Biographies". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ Foster + Partners website Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stephen, Suzanne. "The Sage Gateshead" Architectural Record, August 2005
- ^ "Boston Museum of Fine Arts About the Architects page". Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ AT&T Performing Arts Center (previously Dallas Performing Arts) World-Class Architecture Archived 26 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bredin, Henrietta. "Dallas bucks the trend" Spectator, 11 November 2009
- ^ Arnold, Laurence. "Foster's Wavy Roof Keeps Smithsonian Museums' Courtyard Cool", Bloomberg. 15 November 2007
- ^ 3i news release 11 May 2007 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Building Centre Trustees
- ^ Royal College of Art staff list[permanent dead link]
- ^ University of Cambridge Reporter, No 6181, Wednesday 3 March 2010
- ^ Royal Academy of Arts Academician Biography
- ^ Debretts
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