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	Basil Spence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spence served in the British Army from 1939 - 1945, reaching the rank of major.
		Spence was knighted in 1960 for his work at Coventry, and also served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1958-1960).
		From 1961 to 1968, Spence was Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basil_Spence (606 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Basil II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BASIL II [Basil II] c.958-1025, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), surnamed Bulgaroktonos [Bulgar slayer].
		Basil suppressed (976-89) a series of revolts of the great landowners led by Bardus Sclerus and revived and strengthened the laws directed against them by Romanus I.
		Basil was succeeded by Constantine VIII (reigned 1025-28) and by Constantine's daughter Zoë.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Basil2.asp (342 words)

	The Observer \| Food monthly \| Interiors: Spence House
		For Pardey, one of Spence's most poetic constructions was his own house, built in 1961 on the secluded and gently sloping north bank of the Beaulieu river in Hampshire.
		Spence had planned to extend to the east and Pardey followed his lead, adding on a new wing with two bedrooms and a bathroom and connecting it to the original house via a glass bridge.
		Instead of imitating Spence's fl timber, he clad the extension in natural, untreated cedar wood, which will turn grey with time, and made its dramatic focus the large bedroom window, which he claims is a sort of personal homage to the Italian architect Giuseppe Terragni.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /life/story/0,6903,425763,00.html (1170 words)

	Welcome to Southcote
		Basil Spence was born in Bombay, India in 1907, of British parents.
		In a truely individual way, Basil Spence developed a form of modern architecture that carried on the Lutyens tradition in contemporary terms, using both modern and traditional forms and materials.
		Basil Spence received many honours at home and overseas, including a knighthood and the Order of Merit.
	www.southcote.net /st_matthews_church.htm (266 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - Legacy of people's architect is placed in Scottish hands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spence was a hands-on architect, even living over his offices in North London, the antithesis of the modern architectural factory.
		Spence was a master of the public stage, vox-popping in interview spreads in Tatler, photographed amidst "groovy sixties’ girls" with his new designs for Sussex University and appearing regularly on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
		Spence suffered a certain amount of backlash in his lifetime, not only as part of the general revolt against post-war architecture, but because he was, as Thomas points out, an "easy target".
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=6922005 (1537 words)

	screenonline: Coventry Cathedral (1958)
		A documentary about the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral through the eyes of architect Basil Spence, who explains his concept of blending ancient and modern by comparing his sketches and models with various existing cathedrals in England and Italy.
		The development of the plan for the new building is traced out showing the various influences that have affected the design, particularly the desire to incorporate the ruins of the old cathedral with the new.
		Spence explains that he has been uncompromising in his use of modern materials, yet has consciously striven to continue the traditions of the great cathedrals of the past.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/441952 (278 words)

	Basil Spence, Architect, Scotland, Buildings, Architecture
		From 1961 to 1968, Basil Spence was Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy, London.
		Basil Spence is most famously associated with his radical designs for the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral following its destruction by bombing during World War II, a project for which he received a knighthood in 1960.
		Renowned for his attention to detail, Spence was involved in a varied range of high-profile architectural projects, from Glasgow Airport, through Knightsbridge Barracks and the extension of the New Zealand Parliament buildings, to controversial designs for high-rise flats in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
	www.e-architect.co.uk /architects/basil_spence.htm (1257 words)

	Camden Sports Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Basil Spence has always fallen between two stools in terms of architectural appreciation –too identified with the mainstream Modernism of the 1950s and 1960s to be acceptable to thereactionary backlash that followed, and too un-intellectual in his approach to appeal to the Modern Movement hard-liners.
		This is despite the fact that the council's own planning brief acknowledges that the centre 'is capable of extensive internal adaptation and refurbishment' and that 'Although "unlisted" it is a distinctive local landmark building and therefore its retention and adaptation is to be encouraged'.
		Architects who have seen the exhibition of what may replace the Spence baths (on at the Swiss Cottage Library until the end of the current consultation period on 23 February) may also be far from happy.
	freespace.virgin.net /z.jordan/architectsjournal.htm (496 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Research \| Built to last
		Sir Basil Spence was the pivotal architect of the 20th century, according to art historian Dr Louise Campbell.
		Now she plans to mark Spence's centenary, in 2007, with a rolling exhibition of the work he undertook in the UK and further afield.
		The key year for him was 1951, when Spence was involved in designing one of the pavilions for the Festival of Britain; later that summer, his practice won the commission to design Coventry Cathedral.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/research/workinprogress/story/0,11109,1636406,00.html (452 words)

	Bulletin - University of Sussex Newsletter Building universities: the 1960s and beyond Friday 22 March 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Their first discovery is that Spence's design is immensely complex and the kind of building that makes substantial demands on the viewer.
		It is their minds that Spence hoped would respond to the references to the ruins of the Colosseum in Rome, that would notice and speculate on irregularity.
		Spence follows a long tradition in architectural theory by using the principle of decorum or appropriateness, whereby an architect designs according to the kind of person who will use the building.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /press_office/bulletin/22mar02/article7.shtml (776 words)

	THEE MAXIMALISTS part three: Chicks with Bricks
		The eventual Sir Basil Spence went on to build the new Coventry Cathedral, replacing the original, destroyed by the Germans.
		Sir Spence's critical reaction to his army's shelling of old churches would have gone unnoticed even unrecorded if not for his spectacular professional commission and success.
		The practical and moral problems of disposability are raised in many ways, in fields within Spence's immediate scope, in history, architecture, design, planning, and environmental sciences, and elsewhere, everywhere, rolling off into all professions and all undertakings, across every discipline.
	www.omnitecturalforum.com /wtc/sjlady.html (2576 words)

	BBC - Legacies - Architectural Heritage - England - Coventry and Warwickshire - From medieval monastery to modern ...
		Sir Basil Spence (1907-76) was the successful competitor.
		Spence was keen for works of contemporary art and crafts to play a vital role in the decoration of the interior.
		His reputation enhanced, Spence went on to design a diverse range of buildings, including the British Embassy in Rome (1971) and many of the Gorbals tower blocks in Glasgow (1960-66).
	www.bbc.co.uk /legacies/heritage/england/coventry_warwick/article_2.shtml (414 words)

	Spence Sir Basil Urwin - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spence, Sir Basil Urwin (1907-1976), British architect, best known for Coventry Cathedral.
		Spence was born in Bombay, India, of British parents, on...
		The new cathedral buildings were designed by Sir Basil...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Spence_Sir_Basil_Urwin.html (129 words)

	Beehive (building) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington.
		Credit for the design is usually given to British architect Sir Basil Spence, who made a rough sketch on the back of a dinner napkin in 1964 while dining with Keith Holyoake.
		The sketch by Sir Basil Spence for the planned Beehive
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beehive_(building) (386 words)

	RCAHMS : press release images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spence perspective of the Commodities Hall displays designed by James Gardner for the "Enterprise Scotland 1947" Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.
		Sir Basil Spence lecturing on Coventry Cathedral at the RIBA, London.
		General view of the Canongate Housing shortly after completion by Sir Basil Spence Glover and Ferguson, 1969, photographed by Henk Snoek, from the Spence Glover and Ferguson Collection.
	www.rcahms.gov.uk /pressgallery.html (395 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Architecture - Building upon Spence's vision
		Born in Bombay in 1907, Basil Urwin Spence, the son of an Orcadian civil servant, was sent back to Scotland to be educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh.
		Sir Basil Spence lecturing in London on Coventry Cathedral.
		Sir Basil would go on to achieve international acclaim, but many of his early projects were built closer to home in Edinburgh, including art deco villas and a distinctive garage, built in 1937 and still in use – though these days as a wine merchants, not a car showroom.
	heritage.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1396&id=459972006 (920 words)

	herbert
		This cathedral, the decade-long work of architect Basil Spence, did not so much replace the destroyed structure as augment it.
		Where Spence's plan had a cathedral rise out of the ashes of war, Britten's requiem allowed the ashes of war to issue out again from the new cathedral.
		Spence's building would appear to realize, in stone and glass, these ideals of social reconciliation and religious ecumenicalism.
	www.uchicago.edu /research/jnl-crit-inq/issues/v25/v25n3.herbert.html (2153 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Spence, Basil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spence travelled in England, Scotland, France and Germany to measure and draw buildings (1925–31).
		From 1931, in partnership with William Kininmonth (1904–88), Spence designed small houses in and around Edinburgh, and then from 1935, as partner in Rowand Anderson Paul and Partners, large country houses.
		At Gribloch (1937–9), Central, Spence combined a neo-Regency idiom with modernistic details and an opulent interior, the latter specified by his clients, their American consultant, Perry Duncan, and their decorators.
	www.artnet.com /library/08/0805/T080502.asp (280 words)

	Gorbals debate
		Having read your remarks about Spence, the Gorbals flats and the airport, I felt I had to let you know that for residents of the flats to actually get into the lifts they had to endure what was almost a hurricane even on a calm day.
		Whatever you may think of the bland modern tenements that are rising from the ashes of Spence's "art" you must agree that they are infinitely more practical and suitable for their intended occupants.
		You're sounding off about the disregard towards Basil Spence's architecture as though he was some sort of genius that we all disregard.
	www.daviesscoll.u-net.com /joc/gorb/gorbalsdebate.htm (2582 words)

	scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Born 13 August 1907 in Bombay, India, Spence was educated in Edinburgh, where he also studied architecture.
		This was completed in 1962, and won Spence widespread praise for his sensitive treatment; blending the ruins of the 14th century church with a monumental, richly-decorated modern treatment.
		Regarded by many as one of the leading British architects of the 20th century, Spence died at Eye, Suffolk, on 19 November 1976.
	www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_gscots_detail.cfm?id=163 (277 words)

	screenonline: Coventry Cathedral (1958) Synopsis
		Architect Basil Spence explains the concepts of his design for the new Coventry Cathedral, to replace the one that was destroyed during World War II.
		Spence then explains how he fused traditional and modern concepts, illustrated by comparison with similar cathedrals: Durham, Gloucester, the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge and some Italian examples: the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna; Albi Cathedral, Siena Cathedral and Pisa's Piazza del Duomo.
		These cathedrals are compared with Spence's model as he illustrates how he is making use of their inspiration.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/441952/synopsis.html (126 words)

	Coventry Cathedral Servers
		Designed in a period just prior to the change in fashion to having central altars such as that used in the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool, Basil Spence was commissioned to conceive of an altar and build the Cathedral around it.
		Basil Spence's idea was that the Tapestry would be seen from outside the Cathedral through the glass West Screen thus linking the building not only to the world beyond but also to the Ruins making the two one whole cathedral.
		Much of this effect was caused because Basil Spence used materials in his building such as concrete and glass that have different acoustic qualities.
	freespace.virgin.net /paul.warren3/liturgical.htm (1106 words)

	Modern House, Basil Spence, Kininmonth, Modern Style
		He worked with Spence from 1932 and was also an assistant to Sir Edwin Lutyens.
		In Edinburgh, Sir Basil Spence's Causewayside Garage and Kininmonth's 46a Dick Place were completed in 1933 and locally Spence completed Miss Reid's house in the same road in 1934.
		The building is in a good state of repair and owned by a retired architect and his wife: all the photos are copyright of the owners.
	www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /lismhor_house.htm (300 words)

	Overview of Sir Basil Urwin Spence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although born in Bombay (India), Spence was educated at George Watson's College and the Edinburgh College of Art and spent much of his working life in the city.
		Coventry Cathedral is perhaps his most famous work, but he was also responsible for social housing, including the infamous Hutchesontown tower-blocks in Glasgow intended to replace the slums of the Gorbals and local authority housing in Dunbar which won a Saltire Award.
		Spence died in Suffolk (England) where he is buried.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst172.html (180 words)

	The Twentieth Century Society
		A colour filled 20th Century meditational ‘shrine’ in the heart of Sussex: Basil Spence’s Meeting House on the grounds of the University of Sussex
		The brief also specified a need for quiet rooms, a place for recitals and meetings, and rooms for the chaplains and the administrative staff.
		Basil Spence’s practice was therefore called upon to create a structure, which would centre wholly on the pursuit of spiritual experience, and be able to offer a non-traditional context for an engagement with the ineffable and the spiritual.
	www.c20society.org.uk /docs/building/meeting.html (898 words)

	Crystal Palace luxury display cases. Curio Cabinets for Swarovski Crystal in 24K goldplated
		Basil Spence (later knighted for this work) insisted that instead of re-building the old cathedral, it should be kept in ruins as a garden of remembrance and that the new cathedral should be built alongside, the two buildings together effectively forming one church.
		The selection of Spence for the work was a result of a competition held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Coventry Cathedral; his design was chosen from over two hundred submitted.
		The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid by the Queen on March 23, 1956.
	www.display-cabinets.uk.com /news4/coventry.html (708 words)

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