H. T. Cadbury-Brown
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Cadbury-Brown and his wife Elizabeth.
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Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown 20 May 1913 Sarratt, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 9 July 2009 (aged 96) Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
| Alma mater | Architectural Association |
| Occupation | Architect |
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Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown RA (20 May 1913 – 9 July 2009) was a British architect. He was educated at the Architecture Association where he was influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. After graduating he worked for architect Ernő Goldfinger and became his lifelong friend. He went on to set up his own successful practice.
His involvement with the Modern Architecture Research Group (MARS) led to friendships with other modernist architects and opportunities for work including the 1951 Festival of Britain.
He is probably best known for his design input into the Royal College of Art.
Cadbury-Brown was born at Sarratt in Hertfordshire and boarded at Westminster School. From his childhood he was known as "Jim" after a family friend who had died in the war. Although there was family pressure for him to join the Navy, friends suggested architecture as he had shown an aptitude for maths and drawing. At the behest of the architect F. R. Yerbury he enrolled into the Architecture Association in 1930, aged 17. His first design projects were quite traditional, but after his introduction to the work of Le Corbusier by a friend his work became much more modern. The German magazine Moderne Bauformen exposed him to German modernism and the work of Walter Gropius. He respected the simplicity of the German designs and their grounding in realism rather than the intectualism of other modernists.
In 1934 as a fourth-year student Cadbury-Brown met Ursula and Ernő Goldfinger and was delighted by their furniture and collection of paintings. After graduating he spent a year working at Goldfinger's office and became an admirer of his work and lifelong friend. He learnt first-hand about the composition of materials and detailing and assisted with the design of Goldfinger's Willow Road house.
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