Trevor Dannatt

{{Short description|British architect (1920–2021)}}

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Trevor Dannatt OBE (15 January 1920 – 16 February 2021) was a British architect.

Career

He studied architecture at the Regent's Polytechnic. In 1943 he joined the practice of modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. In 1948 he joined the London County Council architects department, where he worked on the Royal Festival Hall. Peter Moro was his team leader. In 1952 he formed his own practice.

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1983{{cite web|title=Trevor Dannatt {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/artist/trevor-dannatt-ra|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}} and was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours. He died in February 2021 at the age of 101.{{cite web |title=Trevor Dannatt obituary |date=19 February 2021 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419073156/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/19/trevor-dannatt-obituary |archive-date=19 April 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/19/trevor-dannatt-obituary}}

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/70) with Dannatt in 2001 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.[http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Architects-Lives/021M-C0467X0070XX-0001V0 National Life Stories, 'Dannatt, Trevor (1 of 13) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2001]. Retrieved 10 April 2018

Works

  • Intercontinental Hotel and King Faisal Conference Hall, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
  • Royal Festival Hall
  • Laslett House, Cambridge{{cite web|title=Laslett House, Cambridge|url=http://www.themodernhouse.net/pdf/laslett-house-clarkson-road.pdf|publisher=The Modern House|accessdate=15 May 2017}}
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Victoria Gate building
  • Blackheath Quaker Meeting House
  • Vaughan College, Leicester

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