Tony Fretton (born 17 January 1945) is a British

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known for his residential and public gallery buildings, as well as other British and international design work. He graduated from the

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(AA) and worked for various practices including Arup, Neyland and Ungless, and Chapman Taylor, before setting up his own firm, Tony Fretton Architects, in 1982. His first major project was the

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in 1990. He is known for designing "location sensitive art spaces" using a combination of vernacular and minimalist approaches balancing new and age-old designs. From 1999 to 2013, Tony Fretton held the post of Professor within the Chair of Architecture and Interiors at TU Delft, the Netherlands.

Projects

*Lisson Gallery, Marylebone, London (1990) *Sway Centre, Hampshire (1996) *

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Centre on the Isle of Wight (1998) *Red House, Chelsea for Alex Sainsbury (2001) *Camden Arts Centre, London (2004) *Faith House and Artists Studios, Holton Lee Centre for Disability, Poole Dorset (2002 - 2005) *British Embassy, Warsaw (2009)Jonathan Glancey Through the looking-glass: A passageway through a nondescript block of flats leads Jonathan Glancey to the artist Anish Kapoor's new home: a quiet oasis filled with sculpture, light and green spaces 23 September 2008 Guardian (UK) http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=428&storycode=3109615&c=2&encCode=000000000148fd4a The £27m embassy, has earned plaudits "despite being built on a second-choice site, and squeezed by budget constraints caused by the strengthening of the zloty against the pound" includes Belgian marble facing the entrance and a glazed outer façade that "is actually a brilliantly refined blast-screen". *Anish Kapoor's house Chelsea, London *Vassal Road Housing *

Fuglsang Art Museum Fuglsang Art Museum ( da, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum) is an art museum set in rural surroundings in Guldborgsund Municipality on the island of Lolland in Denmark. It is part of the Fuglsang Cultural Centre. The museum features Danish art with an empha ...

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(2008) Fretton's design for Faith House at Holton Lee in

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is "a quiet space for contemplation" in the spirit a poor village church. It was made with cedar, glass and birch for £150,000 and was described as "a modern temple providing a still point in a turning world."Jonathan Glance
Review of the decade: Jonathan Glancey on architecture
Taller, shinier, crazier… architecture in the noughties was an outlandish celebration of wealth 7 December 2009 The Guardian

External links

Official website

Tony Fretton in arkitekturbilleder.dk

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fretton, Tony Architects from London Place of birth missing (living people) 1945 births Delft University of Technology faculty Living people Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture British expatriates in the Netherlands