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Richard Reid (architect)
Richard Stuart Reid (born March 1939) is an English architect. Born in England, Reid studied architecture at the Northern Polytechnic, before in 1965 becoming a planning officer at the Corporation of London. In 1968, he was awarded the Rome Scholarship in Architecture and studied for a year at the Accademia Britannica in Rome. On returning to the UK, he became a lecturer at Kingston Polytechnic, later moving to the Polytechnic of the South Bank. During this period, he wrote numerous newspaper and magazine articles on architecture, also producing illustrations for these outlets. He also wrote books on English architecture, including ''The Shell Book of Cottages'' and ''The Georgian House''. Around the end of the decade, he became director of a major European research project, "Learning from Vernacular Building and Planning". In 1984, Reid founded his own architectural firm, Richard Reid and Associates, based in Sevenoaks. This won competitions for the masterplan of the Klein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Polytechnic
The University of North London (UNL) was a university in London, England, formed from the Polytechnic of North London (PNL) in 1992 when that institution was granted university status. PNL, in turn, had been formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Polytechnic and North-Western Polytechnic in 1971. In 1996, the university celebrated its centenary, dating from the year of the Northern Polytechnic's founding. UNL existed until 2002, when it merged with London Guildhall University to form London Metropolitan University. Its former premises now form the university's north campus, on Holloway Road and Highbury Grove, London Borough of Islington, Islington. Structure Under the board of governors, the university was arranged into four faculties each led by a dean and pro vice-chancellor:— ;Faculty of Environmental and Social Studies: *School of Law, Governance and Information Management (formerly schools of Law and of Information and Communications Studies) *School of Social Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |