Roger Westman

Roger Ulick Branch Westman (16 September 1939 - 29 April 2020) was a British architect.

Roger Westman
Born
Roger Ulick Branch Westman

16 September 1939
Jarrow, County Durham
Died29 April 2020
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Alma materArchitectural Association School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect

Early life and education

Westman was born at Jarrow, County Durham in 1939. He attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.[1][2] At the AA, he received the RIBA Howard Colls Travelling Studentship Award in 1959, allowing him to study for a short time at the Polytechnic University of Milan.[3]

Architecture and design

Westman began his career at Lambeth council's architecture planning department. He worked with Edward Hollamby and Rosemary Stjernstedt on Central Hill Estate, a social housing estate completed in 1974.[4] He designed a large number of homes in Hampstead, Hampstead Garden Suburb, and Highgate.[5][2] Westman was an early proponent of sustainable architecture, particularly in large-scale building projects.[6] He wrote an article on sustainable architecture in 1982 for the Architects' Journal, after which sustainable architecture became an important part of late-twentieth and twenty-first century architecture.[4][7] During his career, he won several prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects.[8] Westman gave guest lectures on architectural history at the AA, Cambridge, Oxford Brookes, and Bath, until 1999.[9][6]

Exhibitions

Between June and July 1981, Westman exhibited his scheme 'Walls: A Framework for Communal Anarchy' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.[10][11] Westman's exhibition received good reviews in The Times and the London Evening Standard.[12][13]

Selected projects
  • Pepys Estate (1966)
  • Cheviot Gardens (1968)
  • Lillington Gardens (1971)
  • Tara Hotel, Kensington (1973)
  • Central Hill Estate (1974)
  • Cressingham Gardens (1978)
  • Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis (1980)
  • South Lambeth Estate (1982)
  • Jerma Palace Hotel, Malta (1982)
  • Myatt’s Fields South Estate (1984)

Personal life

He lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb with his wife, Jula.[14] Together, they had two children.[1] He was a member of the Twentieth Century Society, and was instrumental in the preservation of several 20th-century buildings.[15] He was a friend of John Summerson until Summerson's death in 1992.[14]

Westman died on 29 April 2020 at Hampstead Garden Suburb.[2]

References
  1. Guardian Staff (2020-05-07). "Roger Westman obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. "Roger Westman". ArchINFORM.
  3. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Institute. 1959.
  4. "Roger Westman: A life in architecture". The Architecture Schools Database. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  5. Architectural Association Journal. 1959.
  6. "Roger Westman - Architect London / United Kingdom". Archilovers. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  7. The Architects' Journal. Architectural Press. 1996.
  8. Architects, Royal Institute of British (1966). RIBA Journal.
  9. "Roger Westman". The Architecture Schools Database. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  10. Hardy, Dennis; Ward, Colin (2004-01-01). Arcadia for All: The Legacy of a Makeshift Landscape. Five Leaves. ISBN 978-0-907123-59-0.
  11. England), Institute of Contemporary Arts (London (1981). Future Communities. Institute of Contemporary Arts. ISBN 978-0-905263-14-4.
  12. Town and Country Planning. Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. 1980.
  13. Hardy, Dennis; Ward, Colin (1984). Arcadia for All: The Legacy of a Makeshift Landscape. Mansell. ISBN 978-0-7201-1679-3.
  14. "Roger Westman". Archinect. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  15. "Roger Westman". architectuul.com. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
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