H. T. Cadbury-Brown
henry thomas cadburybrown ra may – july also known ht cadburybrown jim cadburybrown english architect educated architecture association influenced architecture le corbusier walter gropius graduating worked architect ernő goldfinger became lifelong friend went set successful practice involvement modern architecture research group mar led friendship modernist architect opportunity work including festival britain may best known design input royal college art cadburybrown born sarratt hertfordshire boarded westminster school childhood known jim family friend died first world war although family pressure join navy friend suggested architecture shown aptitude math drawing behest architect f r yerbury enrolled architecture association aged first design project quite traditional introduction work le corbusier friend work became much modern german magazine moderne bauformen exposed german modernism work walter gropius respected simplicity german design grounding realism rather intellectualism modernist fourthyear student cadburybrown met ursula ernő goldfinger delighted furniture collection painting graduating spent year working goldfingers office became admirer work lifelong friend learnt firsthand composition material detailing assisted design goldfingers willow road house first solo project came competition design two travel centre big four british railway company building one queensway strand demolished praised one competition assessor charles holden simplicity practicality back commission cadburybrown set office clarges street london designed exhibition stand design industry association british industry fair olympia friendship ralph tubbs met two year earlier upon joining mar group led work collaborated another design bandstand weymouth mar group exhibition new burlington gallery went share office design display british pavilion world fair like many designer mar group exhibition cadburybrown would later chosen hugh casson help design pavilion festival britain also association group received work frederick gibberd design eighty house mark hall south part harlow new town project sixth meeting ciam hosted mar bridgwater somerset cadburybrown secretary role organisation mar time leadership architectural critic j richards set theme conference architecture appealed common man combination architecture sculpture painting populism great interest cadburybrown war broke already officer territorial army served major royal artillery service noted made way normandy germany without firing shot whilst working design festival britain cadburybrown met wife elizabeth romeyn elwyn born united state march young american architect london advised unlikely would find work friendship cousin helena rubinstein introduced goldfinger worked unpaid intern time already married english constitutional lawyer bill dale amicable divorce married cadburybrown elizabeth joined cadburybrowns office able use considerable detailing skill cadburybrown met hugh casson latter training bartlett school architecture casson appointed director design festival involved number architect mar group exhibition cadburybrown asked design two pavilion land britain people britain turntable café major promenade south bank side river thames called concourse pavilion laid either side central axis formed railway line across river waterloo station divided upstream downstream zone upstream pavilion represented land britain downstream pavilion people britain crossover however two zone across axis example cadburybrowns two pavilion faced one another upstream side even though represented respective zone entrance cadburybrowns two pavilion began conical structure built coloured sheet aluminium suspended cable land britain pavilion demonstrated forging land geology climate whereas people britain pavilion exhibited diversity people inhabit country people britain pavilion partially constructed vault railway viaduct visitor route looped past pool water containing sculpture orpheus heinz henghes ending twostorey building containing information roman saxon iron age cadburybrown described building miesian design grid structure sliding door design main esplanade placed studded light either side concourse flame fountain far end ashmount school islington designed joint junior infant school sloping site separate three twostorey block junior infant respectively linked assembly hall kitchen dining room function sloping site block junior block share common roof school us early example allglass curtain walling called hill system rather use common opaque blue spandrel panel façade cadburybrown chose instead use glass panel corner building glazed whilst top curtain wall roof edge neatly finished without projecting edge although final detail realised felt rather designed steel although fireproof cladding column behind make building frame less visible building compared mies van de rohe design considered comparable eames house hunstanton school alison peter smithson although building locally listed threat demolition since relocation school new premise crouch hill community park islington council prepared planning brief site redevelopment asked consider listing building english heritage acknowledged whilst composition whole building interesting compromised alteration suffered poor insulation ventilation many year cadburybrowns holiday home near suffolk town aldeburgh cadburybrown designed studio benjamin britten early day aldeburgh festival britten acquired site opposite parish church build opera house upon idea come fruition britten converted maltings snape cadburybrown bought site seeing site already single storey dwelling knew potential together wife designed new home church walk house completed sold part garden britten colleague musician imogen holst designed house original house grade listed home displayed japanese design influence attributed junzo sakakuras japanese pavilion paris exposition structural element interrelationship space two thing thought important approach house via narrow gap garage garden wall open courtyard entrance house corner courtyard lead main axis house midway point due restriction height building cadbury brown introduced stepped pit living room platform level dining room give view garden doorway floor ceiling skirtings angled skylight bring daylight deep house needed although holst house built smaller budget apparent setting house house carefully designed relation garden importance garden relation house architecture may come influence former tutor architectural association landscape architect geoffrey jellicoe well sketch design britten opera house also designed memorial britten beach aldeburgh would taken form great timber baulk standing vertical beach idea hole drilled timber would play note britten opera peter grime whenever storm sufficient power struck design realised cadburybrown keen actual memorial maggi hambling head sculpture royal college art frank dobson successor john skeaping promoted interrelationship sculpture architecture well cadburybrowns work artist festival britain led get parttime teaching job sculpture department mids government money became available extension workshop applied art new building site facing kensington garden adjacent royal albert hall rector college robin darwin decided keep design building inhouse asked interior design course leader architect hugh casson help casson formed team two architect cadburybrown head silversmithing jewellery robert goodden team casson responsibility client liaison goodden developed brief cadburybrown design work contract administration site new building long frontage facing hyde park north side west jay mew east open space adjacent royal albert hall south face former royal college organist flank last building two sgraffito mural applied slope across site approximately one storey whilst cadburybrown away teaching harvard j l sert well coates serge chermayeff goodden developed brief detail upon return design started earnest brief identified room required space normal higher ceiling height cadburybrown developed lshaped step section allow easily accommodated design device similar principle one göldfingers willow road house lower entrance hall higher studio dining hall initial design set supporting column back façade expressed externally recessing storey created horizontal band façade aligned terracotta ornament albert hall planning authority asked entrance new building face albert hall reduce traffic problem kensington gore suited cadburybrown meant college could appropriate space entrance courtyard final design stair core moved near end building give view north south façades conjunction doubleheight gallery added top floor created vertical rhythm façade number recessed storey reduced one ground floor gave impression whole building supported expressed column verticality emphasised proportion window slender divided precast concrete mullion stair tower compared charles rennie mackintosh western end glasgow school art combination art architecture remained important cadburybrowns work since sixth ciam meeting festival britain tasked designing plinth number sculpture around festival including barbara hepworth henry moore ashmount school asked one student royal college art john willats design sculptural figure fighting cock housing hammersmith enabled stephen sykes apply decorative tile pattern communal stair national life story conducted oral history interview c henry thomas cadburybrown architect life collection held british library british railway office bayswater british railway office strand land britain people britain turntable café concourse layout fountain cook spinney housing spinney primary school harlow new town ashmount school hornsey lane islington studio benjamin britten red house aldeburgh – world end housing chelsea eric lyon royal academy print room cadburybrown h jan ernö goldfinger architectural review cox ian south bank exhibition – guide story tell hm stationery office dunnet james royal college art study modern architecture urbanism architectural research quarterly supplement dunnet james jim cadburybrown key figure british modernism architect journal july harwood elain personal public – cadburybrowns public sector work architectural research quarterly supplement mumford eric ciam discourse urbanism – mit press powell kenneth modern survivor jim cadburybrown joined aa nearly year ago concern tune young architect today architect journal december power alan dance life order disorder architecture ht cadburybrown architectural research quarterly supplement