Andrew John Saint (born November 1946) is an English

architectural historian An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities ...

. Saint worked as the architectural editor of the

Survey of London The Survey of London is a research project to produce a comprehensive architectural survey of central London and its suburbs, or the area formerly administered by the London County Council. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Robert Ashbee, an A ...

(1974–86) and as a historian for Historic England (then known as

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) 1986–95, before being appointed Professor in the

Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge The Department of Architecture is part of thFaculty of Architecture and History of Artin the University of Cambridge. Both Departments are housed in Scroope Terrace on Trumpington Street, Cambridge. The department is currently led by Flora Sa ...

from 1995–2006. While General Editor of the

(2006–15), Saint co-authored volumes on Battersea, Woolwich, South East Marylebone, and Oxford Street. He is a prolific author of journal articles and books in his own right, including the edited volume ‘Politics and the People of London: London County Council, 1889-1965’.

Selected publications

*''Richard Norman Shaw''.

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, New Haven, 1976. *''The Image of the Architect''. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983. *''Towards a Social Architecture: the role of school-building in post-war England''. New Haven, London, 1987. *''A Farewell to Fleet Street''. English Heritage, 1988. (With Susie Barson) *''Not Buildings but a Method of Building: the achievement of the post-war Hertfordshire school building programme''. Hertfordshire Publications, Hertford, 1990. *''London''. Stationery Office Books, 1991. (With

Elain Harwood Elain Harwood Hon.FRIBA (10 June 1958 – April 2023) was a British architectural historian with Historic England and a specialist in post–Second World War English architecture. Early life and education Harwood was born on 10 June 1958 in B ...

) (''Exploring England's Heritage'' series) *''The Chronicles of London''.

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, London, 1994. (With Gillian Darley) *''Architect and Engineer: a study in sibling rivalry''. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008. *''Cragside''. National Trust Guidebook, Swindon, multiple editions. *''Politics and the People of London: London County Council, 1889-1965'' (editor) Bloomsbury, London, *''Woolwich'' for ''The Survey of London, vol.48'' (with Peter Guillery), London *''Battersea'' for ''The Survey of London, Vol 49, Part 1'' (with Colin Thom) London *''Battersea'' for ''The Survey of London, Vol 50, Part 2'' (with Colin Thom) London *''London Suburbs'' (editor) London 2003 *''St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004'' (joint editor) London, 2014

References

Living people 1946 births Academics of University College London English architectural historians Academics of the University of Cambridge {{UK-historian-stub