Bryan Avery Explained

Bryan Avery
Birth Date:	2 January 1944
Birth Place:	Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Death Place:	London, England
Birth Name:	Bryan Robert Avery
Practice:	Avery Associates Architects
Significant Buildings:	BFI London IMAX Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI)
Significant Projects:	Wilderness City
Awards:	Design Council Millennium Products Award^[1] Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award^[2]

Bryan Robert Avery MBE RIBA (2 January 1944  - 4 July 2017)^[3] was an English architect, born in Wallingford, Berkshire.^{[4] [5]} After his childhood years spent in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, he studied architecture at Leicester College of Art (now the De Montfort University), followed by an MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at Essex University under Professors Joseph Rykwert and Dalibor Vesely.^[6]

He established his own practice Avery Associates Architects in 1976. The practice has built a wide range of projects ranging from theatres and museums to offices and educational buildings, many of which have won respected awards.^[7]

He published a book, Fragments of Wilderness City in 2011 which describes his work and theory.^[8]

Awards

Avery was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2015 for services to architecture.^[9]

In 2010 Avery was awarded the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for the Old Bailey office building.^[10]

In 1999, Avery was awarded the Design Council's Millennium Products Award for the BFI IMAX cinema in Waterloo, London.^[11]

Projects (built)

• Museum of the Moving Image, London (1988)^{[12] [13]}
• Neathouse Place offices, London (1997)
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London^[14]
• BFI London IMAX, London (1999)^[15]
• The London Transport Museum, London (2007)^[16]
• 10 Old Bailey offices, London (2009)^[17]
• Repton School Theatre, Derbyshire (2011)^[18]

Projects (proposals)

• Oxford Street (1983)^[19]
• Symbol for Southampton (2006)^[20]
• Lymington residential, restaurant and gallery development (2011)^[21]
• Wilderness City^[22]
• CitizenM hotel, Holborn (2012)^[23]
• Stansted Airport Crossrail (2013)^{[24] [25]}
• St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington (2014)^[26]
• No. 1 Undershaft (site of Aviva Tower), City of London (2015)^[27]

Notes and References

1. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101128195417/http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/Documents/Documents/Millennium_Products.pdf Design Council Millennium Products list
2. http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2010/oldbailyey-142/index.html International Architecture Award 2010 citation
3. Web site: Weston. Richard. Bryan Avery obituary. The Guardian. 7 July 2017. 6 July 2017.
4. Web site: Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006.
5. The International Who's Who, page 81, 2004
6. http://www.serdp.org.uk/_assets/_cv/bryan.avery.pdf South East Regional Design Panel cv
7. http://www.avery-architects.co.uk/awards.php Avery Associates Architects awards
8. Web site: Fragments of Wilderness City Bryan Avery. Black Dog. 9 March 2012. https://archive.today/20120701161008/http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/fragments-of-wilderness-city.html. 1 July 2012. dead.
9. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours: Avery and Darley recognised. Architects' Journal. 11 August 2015. 15 June 2015.
10. Web site: 7-10 Old Bailey. Architecture News Plus. 4 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322204550/http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/projects/1126. 22 March 2016. dead.
11. News: Sci/Tech Millennium mix of innovation. 4 April 2016. BBC News. 6 September 1999.
12. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/good-venue-guide-10-national-film-theatre-se1-1295784.html The Independent 23 November 1997
13. The Times Monday, 17 June 1985; pg. 10; Issue 62166
14. The Guardian (London, England) (4 December 2000): p12
15. http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_imax/the_imax_experience/about_the_bfi_imax British Film Institute website
16. Web site: Avery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum. Building Design. 19 August 2015. 28 March 2008.
17. http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/7-10-old-bailey-london-by-sidell-gibson-architects-with-avery-associates-architects/1995891.article Architects' Journal 25 March 2009
18. Web site: Top marks for school's £2.7m theatre complex. This is Derbyshire. 9 March 2012. 10 May 2011.
19. The Times, Saturday, 24 December 1983; pg. 2; Issue 61721
20. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/906333.cash_snag_for_giant_spitfire_museum_plans/ Southern Daily Echo 4 September 2006
21. Web site: Lymington Society Meeting Gives Enthusiastic Welcome to Architects Designs for Redrow Development on Old Chicken Factory Site. https://archive.today/20120906051714/http://www.lymsoc.co.uk/Avery%20Meeting%20Press%20Release.htm. dead. 6 September 2012. Lymington Society. 9 March 2012. 8 November 2011.
22. Web site: Fragments of a wilderness city. Planning in London. 10 April 2012.
23. Web site: New scheme for Holborn Viaduct. City Planning. 8 February 2013.
24. Web site: STANSTED AIRPORT CROSSRAIL BY AVERY ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS. 19 August 2015. 1 August 2013.
25. Web site: Flights of Fancy: London's airport options revealed. Architects' Journal. 19 August 2015. 22 July 2013.
26. Web site: St Barbe revamp: Lymington museum gets lottery funds. BBC News. 2 January 2015. 14 January 2014.
27. Web site: Weston. Richard. The Contextual Tower: Avery Associates' No. 1 Undershaft. Architects Journal. 2 February 2015. 9 January 2015.