Michael Claude Aukett (1938-2020) was a British

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who established a successful architecture practice Michael Aukett Associates in 1972, later becoming Aukett Plc.

Career

Aukett started his career in 1965 at Austin-Smith:Lord where he quickly became a partner. In 1972 he established his own practice Michael Aukett Associates (now

Aukett Swanke Aukett Swanke is a firm of architects based in London. History The firm was founded as an architectural and interior design partnership by Michael Aukett in 1972. It acquired Fitzroy Robinson & Partners Fitzroy Robinson & Partners was one of th ...

). The practice developed as a multi-disciplinary practice and went public in 1987. He left the practice in 1995 to start a new smaller office Michael Aukett Architects. He retired in 2009.

Notable buildings

* Lennox Wood Computer Centre, Horsham (1984) * Marks and Spencer Management Centre, Chester (1989) * Proctor and Gamble HQ, Weybridge (1995) * Tesco, Sheffield (1998)

Personal life

Aukett was born and grew up in Brentford Middlesex and studied architecture part time at London's Regent Street Polytechnic (now

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), completing in 1962. He had a love of sport and was a long time member of the MCC. He was married twice. Michael Claude Aukett died on 27 October 2020: his funeral, attended by both his sons and both his daughters, as well as his former wife and current wife, took place on 7 November 2020 at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aukett, Michael 1938 births 2020 deaths Architects from London Modernist architects High-tech architecture Alumni of the University of Westminster