Ivor Stanley Smith (27 January 1926 – 18 February 2018) was an English architect, responsible in part for Park Hill in Sheffield under the auspices of J. Lewis Womersley. He was a committed

pacifist Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence. Pacifists generally reject theories of Just War. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaign ...

, and as a

conscientious objector A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to object ...

in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he did farm work at Piggotts, the community in the Chilterns created by the sculptor

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

. In the 1970s he was partnered with Cailey Hutton. Together they were responsible for developments such as Morant House, which is a modern-for-its-time building for social housing. Written works include ''Architecture an Inspiration'' in paperback, published in 2014. National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/129) with Ivor Smith in 2016 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.National Life Stories, 'Smith, Ivor (1 of 9) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2016
Retrieved 10 April 2018

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