Lanre Towry-Coker | |
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Born | 1944 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation | Architect |
Dr. Lanre Towry-Coker FRIBA (born 1944) is a Nigerian architect, [1] politician and socialite. He has worked in the public sector as well as the private sector and was the first Commissioner for Works and Housing of Lagos State. [2] [3] [4]
Born in 1944 [5] [6] to a Nigerian civil engineer, who was the planning adviser to the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in the early 1960s, Lanre Towry-Coker attended St. Matthias School, Lagos, and Kingston College, Surrey, England, before going on to the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the University of North-East London for his architectural training. He subsequently earned a further qualification from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (OPM). [7] [4]
He established his architectural firm, Towry-Coker Associates, [8] in 1976. An indigene of Lagos (Towry Street on Lagos Island was named after his family) [4] He was one of the original planners of the capital city Abuja, and has won numerous awards for his work on major buildings in Nigeria. [4]
In 1999, Towry-Coker was the first Commissioner for Works and Housing in Lagos State. [2] [3] [4] He is the author of the book Housing Policy And The Dynamics Of Housing Delivery In Nigeria: Lagos State As Case Study, published by MakeWay Press in 2012. [9]
Towry-Coker is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (FNIA) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACI.Arb.) in the UK. [4] In 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the only Nigerian and one of currently just 30 architects worldwide accorded that honour. [10]
He married Bisi Towry-Coker but they are now separated. [2] [11] He has three children including a son, Olaotan. [3]
Lanre Towry-Coker | |
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Born | 1944 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation | Architect |
Dr. Lanre Towry-Coker FRIBA (born 1944) is a Nigerian architect, [1] politician and socialite. He has worked in the public sector as well as the private sector and was the first Commissioner for Works and Housing of Lagos State. [2] [3] [4]
Born in 1944 [5] [6] to a Nigerian civil engineer, who was the planning adviser to the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in the early 1960s, Lanre Towry-Coker attended St. Matthias School, Lagos, and Kingston College, Surrey, England, before going on to the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the University of North-East London for his architectural training. He subsequently earned a further qualification from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (OPM). [7] [4]
He established his architectural firm, Towry-Coker Associates, [8] in 1976. An indigene of Lagos (Towry Street on Lagos Island was named after his family) [4] He was one of the original planners of the capital city Abuja, and has won numerous awards for his work on major buildings in Nigeria. [4]
In 1999, Towry-Coker was the first Commissioner for Works and Housing in Lagos State. [2] [3] [4] He is the author of the book Housing Policy And The Dynamics Of Housing Delivery In Nigeria: Lagos State As Case Study, published by MakeWay Press in 2012. [9]
Towry-Coker is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (FNIA) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACI.Arb.) in the UK. [4] In 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the only Nigerian and one of currently just 30 architects worldwide accorded that honour. [10]
He married Bisi Towry-Coker but they are now separated. [2] [11] He has three children including a son, Olaotan. [3]