Rod Hackney

{{Short description|British architect (born 1942)}}

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{{Infobox architect

| name = Rod Hackney

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|03|03}}

| nationality = British

| alma_mater = Manchester University

| occupation = Architect

| known_for = Community Architecture

| website = {{URL|www.kansarahackney.com/kh/Dr_Rod_Hackney.html}}

}}

Roderick Peter Hackney (born 3 March 1942), better known as Rod Hackney, is a British architect and past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and International Union of Architects.{{cite web|title=Dr Rod Hackney|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/h/6649/Roderick%20Peter%20(Rod)+HACKNEY.aspx|work=Debretts|access-date=26 April 2013}}

Hackney is considered the pioneer of "Community Architecture" in 1974, when he fought slum clearances in Macclesfield and help local people improve their own surroundings.{{cite web|title=21 Years of Community Architecture|url=http://www.worldhabitatawards.org/winners-and-finalists/project-details.cfm?lang=00&theProjectID=75|work=World Habitat Awards|access-date=26 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Lives Retold - Rod Hackney|url=https://livesretold.co.uk/rod-hackney}}

Career

Hackney studied architecture at Manchester University, graduating in 1965. He then worked at Arne Jacobsen's practice in Denmark for three years before returning to Manchester to undertake a PhD.{{cite journal|last=Knevitt|first=Charles|title=Community Architect Mark I|journal=Building Design|date=11 July 1975|page=8}}

In 1972, he formed his own practice Rod Hackney Architect in Macclesfield, and in 2008 he co-founded Kansara Hackney Ltd.

Publications

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Building Communities: International Conference Proceedings

|chapter=Forward

| publisher = RIBA Enterprises

| isbn = 0947877711

| date = 1987}}

  • {{cite book|last=Hackney|first=Rod|title=The good, the bad, and the ugly: cities in crisis|year=1990|publisher=F. Muller|location=London|isbn=9780091739393|edition=1. publ.|author2=Fay Sweet}}

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References

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