Fry, Drew, Drake And Lasdun
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Fry, Drew and Partners was an architectural practice established by UK architects
Maxwell Fry Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE, RA, FRIBA, FRTPI, known as Maxwell Fry (2 August 1899 – 3 September 1987), was an English modernist architect, writer and painter. Originally trained in the neo-classical style of architecture, Fry grew to favour the n ...
and Jane Drew.


History

''Fry, Drew and Partners'' was formally created in 1950 from the 'Office of Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew' (established 1946). From 1952 the partnership was expanded to include
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and Denys Lasdun as ''Fry, Drew, Drake and Lasdun''. Based in London, the partnership gained commissions from within the UK, as well as worldwide - in particular former British Colonies in Africa, as well as the middle east, and India - Fry and Drew were key figures in the development of the governmental complex at
Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
, India.


Projects

*Studio at Hertingfordbury, Herts *Studio at Rowlant, Sussex *Studio at Longpont-sur-Orge, near Paris *Woodsford Square, Kensington, London 1967-74


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Further reading

* Modernist architects from England Architecture firms based in London Defunct companies of England {{UK-architect-stub