John Hidalgo Moya (5 May 1920 – 3 August 1994), sometimes known as Jacko Moya, was an American-born architect who lived and worked largely in England.
Biography
Born 5 May 1920 in
Los Gatos
Los Gatos (, ; ) is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population is 33,529 according to the 2020 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area just southwest of San Jose in the foothills of th ...
,
California, US, to an English mother and Mexican father, Moya lived in England from infancy.
[Associated Press, ''Chicago Tribune'', "ARCHITECT HIDALGO MOYA, DESIGNED LONDON'S SKYLON" (Aug 14, 1994, Section: CHICAGOLAND, Page 9)] He formed the architectural practice Powell & Moya Architect Practice with
Philip Powell.
Among other projects, Powell and Moya designed
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre is a theatre and Grade II* listed building situated in Oaklands Park in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, it was opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Mart ...
, the
Skylon (the
landmark structure of the 1951
Festival of Britain
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a "triumphant success" during which people:
...
),
Churchill Gardens in
Pimlico, Northbrooks in
Harlow,
St Paul's School, London
(''By Faith and By Learning'')
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, the
Museum of London
The Museum of London is a museum in London, covering the history of the UK's capital city from prehistoric to modern times. It was formed in 1976 by amalgamating collections previously held by the City Corporation at the Guildhall Museum (fou ...
,
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art gallery located inside Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings.
The ...
,
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
and
Wolfson College, Oxford.
Moya retired in 1992 to live in
Rye,
Sussex, England.
He died in
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
on 3 August 1994 age 74.
References
Further reading
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1920 births
1994 deaths
American people of Mexican descent
Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal
20th-century American architects
American emigrants to the United Kingdom
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