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

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. 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

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, 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

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. This won competitions for the masterplan of the Kleinzschocher district of

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, the Bertalia-Lazzaretto District district of

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, and Nansha Bay in China. His buildings, often in the postmodern style, include Finland Quay West, and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Richard 1939 births Living people 20th-century English architects Academics of Kingston University Academics of London South Bank University Alumni of the University of North London Postmodern architects