Sir Basil Spence OBE OM RA
(1907-1976)
architect, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Royal Academician, Knight Bachelor (from 1960), and Order of Merit recipient (from 1962)
Died aged c. 69
Wikidata WikipediaSir Basil Urwin Spence, OM OBE RA (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Sir Basil Spence 1907-1976 Architect lived and worked here
1 Canonbury Place, Islington, London, United Kingdom where they lived and laid out his original cricket ground
Kennedy House 1965-1999 The site of John F Kennedy House, the Cathedral's Residential Youth Centre. Designed by Basil Spence, it was opened by Herr Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, to promote and encourage the Ministry of Reconciliation among the Young People of the World.
Top Hill, Coventry, United Kingdom where they designed