Colin Stansfield Smith

Professor Sir Colin Stansfield Smith, CBE (1 October 1932 - 18 June 2013) was a British architect and academic. He played over 100 games of first-class cricket in the 1950s.

Smith's father was named Stansfield Smith and he played Lancashire League cricket regularly for Accrington Cricket Club in the 1920s and once in Minor Counties cricket for Cheshire in 1949. Colin Smith's older brother, Donald, played in three first-class cricket matches for Lancashire in 1951 and 1952. Colin Stansfield Smith was born in Didsbury, Manchester, and studied architecture at Cambridge University from 1953 to 1958.

He worked in various architect's offices, including the LCC and the GLC in London. From 1971 to 1973, he was Deputy County Architect at Cheshire County Council, under the directorship of Jack Whittle.

He was awarded a CBE in 1988, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1991, and was knighted in 1993.

Stansfield Smith was head of Hampshire County Architects Department from 1973 to 1992. During that period, the work of his office became well known worldwide, especially for its new schools within the county.

Stansfield Smith became a Professor of Architecture at the school of architecture at the University of Portsmouth in 1992, and later Emeritus Professor. He designed the University's Portland building (opened in 1997) where the Faculty of Architecture and other environmental faculties are now based.

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