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Bruce Martin | |
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Clapham, London, England | 20 December 1917
Died | 22 April 2015 | (aged 97)
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Known for | K8 telephone box |
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Barbara Parr
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m. 1949; died 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Bruce Martin FRIBA (20 December 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a British architect who designed the K8 telephone box.
Martin was born 20 December 1917 in Clapham, south London and was raised in Portsmouth. [1] He studied engineering at the University of Hong Kong, then studied at the University of Cambridge, followed by the Architectural Association School of Architecture (the AA). [2] After graduating from the AA he worked for the Hertfordshire County Council designing schools as part of "the Hertfordshire experiment". [3] [4] [5] He was job architect for the grade II* listed Morgan’s Junior School in Hertford. [2] In 1943 he married fellow architect Barbara Parr. [3] [1]
In 1953 he moved to the British Standards Institution, then in the 1960s he began teaching part time at the Cambridge School of Architecture alongside running his own architectural practice. [3] He designed the K8 telephone box, launched in 1968. [3] [1]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (September 2023) |
Bruce Martin | |
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Born |
Clapham, London, England | 20 December 1917
Died | 22 April 2015 | (aged 97)
Alma mater | |
Occupations |
|
Employers | |
Known for | K8 telephone box |
Spouse |
Barbara Parr
(
m. 1949; died 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Bruce Martin FRIBA (20 December 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a British architect who designed the K8 telephone box.
Martin was born 20 December 1917 in Clapham, south London and was raised in Portsmouth. [1] He studied engineering at the University of Hong Kong, then studied at the University of Cambridge, followed by the Architectural Association School of Architecture (the AA). [2] After graduating from the AA he worked for the Hertfordshire County Council designing schools as part of "the Hertfordshire experiment". [3] [4] [5] He was job architect for the grade II* listed Morgan’s Junior School in Hertford. [2] In 1943 he married fellow architect Barbara Parr. [3] [1]
In 1953 he moved to the British Standards Institution, then in the 1960s he began teaching part time at the Cambridge School of Architecture alongside running his own architectural practice. [3] He designed the K8 telephone box, launched in 1968. [3] [1]