Frank Newby
| Frank Newby | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 March 1926 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 10 May 2001 (aged 75) London, England |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Structural engineer |
| Institutions | Institution of Structural Engineers |
| Practice name | F J Samuely & Partners |
| Projects |
Skylon (Festival of Britain) (with Felix Samuely) |
| Awards | IStructE Gold Medal |
Skylon (Festival of Britain) (with Felix Samuely)
Leicester University Engineering Department
Frank Newby (26 March 1926 – 10 May 2001) was one of the leading structural engineers of the 20th century, working with such architects as Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, Eero Saarinen, Cedric Price, James Stirling, and the practice of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), and such engineers as Ove Arup and Felix Samuely.
Frank Newby was born in Barnsley on 26 March 1926. He studied "mechanical sciences", now known as engineering, at Trinity College, Cambridge between 1943 and 1947. He undertook National Service from 1947 to 1949.
In 1949 Frank Newby joined the engineering consultancy firm of Felix Samuely in London. With Felix Samuely, he worked on the design of the Skylon for the 1951 Festival of Britain, a structure which became the symbol of the festival.
He spent 1952 in the United States, funded by a National Security Alliance scholarship, where he worked with exponents of the modern movement such as Charles Greaves and Fred Scriven. Travelling across the United States, he interned in several of the most interesting offices, including Saarinen in Michigan, Bertrand Goldberg in Chicago, and Charles and Ray Eames in California. He rejoined Samuely's practice in 1953.
During his early career, Newby was inspired by the work of Felix Samuely and Ove Arup, the leading structural engineers of their day.
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