John Wells-Thorpe Explained
| John Wells-Thorpe |
| Birth Date: | 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Death Date: | 21 April 2019 |
| Education: | University of Brighton |
| Occupation: | Architect |
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John Arthur Wells-Thorpe OBE (1928 - 2019) was an English architect. He is best known for the breadth of his design capability in both the UK and numerous locations overseas.
Biography
Early life
John Wells-Thorpe was born in 1928 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.[1] [2] He attended the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School.[3] He graduated from the University of Brighton (then called the Brighton College of Art), followed by three international scholarships to Rome, Northern Italy and Moorish Spain.[1] [2]
Career
He designed the Church of the Ascension in Westdene, Brighton, in 1958.[1] From 1958 to 1959, he designed the Church of the Resurrection, now known as St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Woodingdean.[1] In 1968, he designed the Holy Cross Church in Woodingdean.[1] Five years later, in 1973, he added an extension to St Wilfrid's Church in Chichester.[1] In 1974, he designed Hove Town Hall.[2] He also designed a "relocatable church", a TV studio in the Arabian Desert, and financial headquarters next door to St Paul's Cathedral in London.[2]
He served as vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and president of the Commonwealth Association of Architects.[2] [4] He also served on the Advisory Board of the BBC.[2] He was founding Chair of South Downs Health NHS Trust.[2] [4] [5]
In the 1995 New Year Honours he was appointed OBE for services to architecture.
He died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 90.[6]
Bibliography
- Manser, Jose: "The NHS's quality provider. (National Health Service; John Wells-Thorpe, chairman of South Downs Health Trust)" in EMAP Architecture, 1994.[7]
- Wells-Thorpe, John, Cho Padamsee: Old buildings: new uses, London : Commonwealth Association of Architects, c1983. Includes slides, sound cassette and booklet.[8]
- Wells-Thorpe, John: "The emerging aesthetic—accident or design?" in Landscape Research, pp. 19–22, vol 13, issue 2, 1988.[9]
- Wells-Thorpe, John: 'Healing by Design: Feeling Better?', in The Healing Environment, eds. Deborah Kirklin, Ruth Richardson, London: Royal College of Physicians, 2003.[10]
- Bryan Lawson, Michael Phiri and John Wells-Thorpe: The Architectural Healthcare Environment and its Effects on Patient Health Outcomes, NHS Estates, 2003.
- Wells-Thorpe, John: 'Behind The Facade: An Architect At Large': Book Guild Publishing, 2009. .[11] [12]
Notes and References
- http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/322/40 Sussex Parish Churches
- http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/faculty-of-arts-brighton/alumni-and-associates/associates-and-alumni/architecture/john-wells-thorpe University of Brighton Faculty of Arts Hall of Fame: John Wells-Thorpe
- http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page.aspx?id=8967 BHASVIC Sixth Form College: Past and Present
- http://www.designandhealth.com/People/John-Wells-Thorpe.aspx Design and Health: John Wells-Thompson
- John James, John Wells-Thorpe, The Guardian, January 07, 2004
- http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/233120/wells-thorpe Wells-Thorpe
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/45967885?q&versionId=58868793 National Library of Australia: details of journal article "The NHS's quality provider"
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/26562420 National Library of Australia: details of Old buildings booklet, slides, cassette
- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01426398808706258?journalCode=clar20#.Um-213C-2So Taylor Francis Online: online text
- https://books.google.com/books?id=yhXOsCG20t0C&pg=PA11 The Healing Environment: Without and Within, p.11, edited by Deborah Kirklin, Ruth Richardson
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36582938?q=subject%3A%22Wells-Thorpe%2C+John.%22&c=book&versionId=47374613 National Library of Australia: details of "Behind the Facade" book
- http://www.visitbrighton.com/whats-on/john-wells-thorpe-p501641 Visit Brighton: John Wells-Thompson
