Nick Derbyshire (architect)

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Nick Derbyshire (20 July 1944 - 21 August 2016){{cite news |author= |title=Death Notices Obituaries |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/14706463.Nick_Derbyshire/ |newspaper=York Press |date=27 August 2016 |access-date=28 January 2017 }} was the last chief architect for British Rail.

Career

He joined the architects’ office of the Eastern Region of British Railways in York in 1970. In 1991 he was appointed Chief Architect for British Rail, leading the Architecture and Design Group, which was a stand-alone company under the control of British Rail. In 1994 he took it over from British Rail as Nick Derbyshire Design Associates, but left in 1997 and set up his own firm, Nick Derbyshire Architects.

Works

Newcastle railway station travel centre 1985
Waterloo International railway station Eurostar extension
London Liverpool Street railway station redevelopment 1991{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/st-pancras-architect-honoured-with-cbe/3143023.article |title=St Pancras architect honoured with CBE |last=Winston |first=Anna |date=18 June 2009 |website=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2017 }}
Woolwich Arsenal railway station 1992-93
Ashford International railway station 1995{{cite news |last=Glancey |first=Jonathan |title=Architects on a roll at the coast |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/architects-on-a-roll-at-the-coast-1365058.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/architects-on-a-roll-at-the-coast-1365058.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=Independent |date=25 September 1996 |access-date=28 January 2017 }}
Earl's Court tube station refurbishment 1998

References

Category:20th-century English architects

Category:British railway architects

Category:British Rail people

Category:1944 births

Category:2016 deaths