Basil Spence

Architect

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Gender	Male
Death	47 years ago
Date of birth	August 13,1907
Zodiac sign	Leo
Born	Mumbai
	India
Date of died	November 19,1976
Died	Yaxley
	United Kingdom
Spouse	Joan Ferris
Buried	Thornham Parva, United Kingdom
Books	Basil Spence: Buildings & Projects
Job	Architect
Education	Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
	The Bartlett
	George Watson's College
Parents	Urwin Archibald Spence
Date of Reg.	2019-12-09 07:44:51
Date of Upd.	2023-05-31 16:13:24
ID	1880941

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Basil Spence Life story

Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM OBE RA was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.

John Laing builder of the M1 and the Severn Bridge - open archive

Feb 16,2020 10:03 am

... The Cathedral was designed by Basil Spence, took six years to build A helicopter was used to the Cathedral spire The new, modern Cathedral was built between 1956 and 1962, a stone s throw away from where the shell of the bombed-out building still stands...