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The Festival Hall project was led by London County Council's then chief architect, Robert Matthew, who gathered around him a young team of talented designers including Leslie Martin, who was eventually to lead the project with Edwin Williams [6] and Peter Moro, along with the furniture designer Robin Day and his wife, the textile designer ...
The only building that remains from the main festival site is the Royal Festival Hall. Designed by Robert Matthew and Leslie Martin, with Peter Moro, and furniture designer Robin Day, its design team reads like a veritable Who's Who of mid-century British style.
Feb 11, 2016 · in 1953 Martin succeeded Sir Robert Matthew as LCC Architect. Leslie was appointed to the first Chair of Architecture at Cambridge in 1956, a position he held until his retirement in 1972. At the same time, Leslie set up an architectural practice in Cambridge after having first built his own house & studios in a converted mill in Great Shelford.
Aug 2, 2000 · As deputy to the chief architect, Robert Matthew, Martin was immediately involved in plans for the Festival of Britain, and its one permanent building, the Royal Festival Hall. No challenge could have been more tempting – the hall would be the first public building in Britain of the emerging 20th century architecture.
Architect, London County Council Architects Department – Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin
architect Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin designed in collaboration with Edwin Williams and Peter Moro the Royal Festival Hall in London (1948-1951), the building
The architect Sir Leslie Martin, best known for his innovative design of the Royal Festival Hall in London, has died at the age of 91. The former professor of architecture at Cambridge...
