John Winter (16 May 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a British

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born in

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who lived and worked in

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. He was well known for his modernist designs, and was reported to have never have had a planning application refused. Winter had two sons, Timothy (now Abdul-Hakim Murad),

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, the football correspondent for ''

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'', and a daughter, Martha, an artist.

Career

Winter started his architectural career in Norwich where he completed a pupillage under an

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architect. From 1950 to 1953 he studied at the

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in London and subsequently undertook

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with the Royal Engineers and learned to weld. He returned to education in the U.S. where he studied at Yale and then moved to San Francisco, where he worked for both

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and

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. Winter eventually returned to great England and joined the office of

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, before setting up his own private practice John Winter & Associates. Winter wrote for various publications throughout his career including the ''

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'' and the ''

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'', and in 1970 published ''Industrial Architecture: A Survey of Factory Buildings''. The National Portrait Gallery has two colour print portraits of Winter in its collection. Winter retained close links with the

during his career, teaching from 1960 to 1964 with students including Jeremy Dixon, Edward Jones and

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, and went on to become a member of Council, Honorary Secretary and as a trustee of the AA Foundation.

Built projects

*21 Upton Close, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7PD (1956) * 2 Regal Lane, London NW1 7TH (1961) *10-11 Regal Lane, London NW1 7TH (1961-63) *Days & Son Offices, Hounslow, London *35 Ornan Road, Hampstead, London (1971) *12 Alma Road, Wandsworth, London SW18 1AB (1973) *Morley College, Lambeth, London SE1 7HT (1973-5; 1979–82) *Virginia Water house, Wentworth (1966) *85 Mansell Street, London E1 8AN (1991) *

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house, 81 Swains Lane, Highgate (1969;

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) *Woughton Village housing, Milton Keynes (1974) *85 Swains Lane house, Highgate (1982, demolished 2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, John 20th-century English architects Modernist architects from England 1930 births 2012 deaths Architects from Norfolk Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture