Andrew John Saint (born November 1946) is an English

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and Professor at the

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, University College, London. Saint worked as the architectural editor of the

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(1974–86) and then as a historian for Historic England (then known as

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) 1986–95. He lectured in the Department of Architecture at the

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and at

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from May 2006. While General Editor of the

Saint was co-author of the volumes on Battersea, Woolwich, South East Marylebone and a volume on Oxford Street. He is a prolific author of journal articles and books.

Selected publications

*''Richard Norman Shaw''.

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, New Haven, 1976. *''The Image of the Architect''. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983. *''Towards a Social Architecture: the role of school-building in post-war England''. New Haven, London, 1987. *''A Farewell to Fleet Street''. English Heritage, 1988. (With Susie Barson) *''Not Buildings but a Method of Building: the achievement of the post-war Hertfordshire school building programme''. Hertfordshire Publications, Hertford, 1990. *''London''. Stationery Office Books, 1991. (With Elain Harwood) (''Exploring England's Heritage'' series) *''The Chronicles of London''.

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, London, 1994. (With Gillian Darley) *''Architect and Engineer: a study in sibling rivalry''. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008. *''Cragside''. National Trust Guidebook, Swindon, multiple editions. *''Politics and the People of London: London County Council, 1889-1965'' (editor) Bloomsbury, London, *''Battersea'' for ''The Survey of London, Vol 49, Part 1'' (with Colin Thom) London *''Battersea'' for ''The Survey of London, Vol 50, Part 2'' (with Colin Thom) London *''Woolwich'' for ''the Survey of London, vol.48 (with Peter Guillery), London *''London Suburbs'' (editor) London 2003 *''St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004'' (joint editor) London, 2014

References

Living people 1946 births Academics of University College London English architectural historians Academics of the University of Cambridge {{UK-historian-stub