Peter Stead (1922–1999) was an English architect. He was awarded by the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

and given the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Background

Stead's family had been engaged in building for several generations. In the early 1950s he and his firm Law Stead were engaged in constructing the modernist house designed by

Peter Womersley Peter Womersley (24 June 1923 – 1993) was a British architect, best known for his work in the modern architecture, modernist style. He lived in the Scottish Borders, where a number of his buildings are located, although he worked on projects th ...

at Farnley Hey. Later in the decade he worked with Stephen Gilbert on experimental construction designs. Stead was a professor at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

in 1963-4. During the 1970s Stead was a founder of the Centre for Alternatives in Urban Development and wrote a book on "Self-build housing groups and co-operatives: ideas in practice". An archive of Stead's work is held by the Art Gallery in his home town,

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stead, Peter 1922 births 1999 deaths Architects from Huddersfield Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) 20th-century English architects Carnegie Mellon University faculty British expatriates in the United States