Roger Ulick Branch Westman (16 September 1939 - 29 April 2020) was a British architect.

Early life and education

Westman was born at

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, County Durham in 1939, the eldest son of Kenneth Westman, a diplomat stationed in Madrid. He attended Latymer Upper School in

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and the

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. At the AA he received the

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Howard Colls Travelling Studentship Award in 1959, allowing him to study for a short time at the

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Architecture and design

Westman began his career at Lambeth council's architecture planning department. He worked with

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and Rosemary Stjernstedt on

Central Hill Estate Central Hill is a social housing estate in the London Borough of Lambeth. It was designed by Rosemary Stjernstedt, Roger Westman and the Lambeth Council planning department during the directorship of Ted Hollamby. It comprises more than 450 hom ...

, a social housing estate completed in 1974. He designed a large number of homes in Hampstead, Hampstead Garden Suburb, and

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. Westman was an early proponent of

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, particularly in large-scale building projects. He wrote an article on sustainable architecture in 1982 for the ''Architects' Journal''. During his career, he won several prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Westman gave guest lectures on architectural history at the AA,

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and

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until 1999.

Exhibitions

Between June and July 1981, Westman exhibited his scheme 'Walls: A Framework for Communal Anarchy' at the

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. Westman's exhibition received positive reviews in ''

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'' and the ''

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''.

Selected projects

* Pepys Estate (1966) * Cheviot Gardens (1968) * Lillington Gardens (1971) * Tara Hotel, Kensington (1973)
Central Hill Estate
(1974) * Cressingham Gardens (1978) * Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis (1980) * South Lambeth Estate (1982) * Jerma Palace Hotel, Malta (1982) * Myatt’s Fields South Estate (1984)

Personal life

He lived in

Hampstead Garden Suburb Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations. It is an example of early twentiet ...

with his wife, Jula. Together they had two children. He was a member of the

Twentieth Century Society The Twentieth Century Society (C20) is a British charity which campaigns for the preservation of architectural heritage from 1914 onwards. The society's interests embrace buildings and artefacts that characterise 20th-century Britain. It is for ...

, and was instrumental in the preservation of several 20th-century buildings. He was a friend of John Summerson until Summerson's death in 1992. Westman died on 29 April 2020 at Hampstead Garden Suburb.

References

External links

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on

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