The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club - geograph

Joseph Emberton (23 December 1889 – 20 November 1956) was an English architect of the early modernist period. He was born 23 December 1889 in Audley, Staffordshire and was educated at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

. He first worked for the London architects Trehearne and Norman between 1913 and 1914, before serving as a gunner in the

Honourable Artillery Company The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the w ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. In 1923 he designed Olympia National, then known as the New Hall. This sat alongside Olympia Grand at the Kensington event venue. 1932 saw the construction of his second addition to Olympia – Olympia Central (initially named the Empire Hall). These halls, along with other event spaces, all make up one of London's largest event venues –

Olympia London Olympia London, sometimes referred to as the Olympia Exhibition Centre, is an exhibition centre, event space and conference centre in West Kensington, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England. A range of internation ...

His 1931 design of the

Royal Corinthian Yacht Club The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club is a watersports organisation based at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. History Early history The club was founded at Erith, Kent in 1872 and moved to Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex in 1892. The Club provided the crew for ...

at Burnham-on-Crouch represented Britain at the influential International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932. He went on to design the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store in 1936 with the interior designed by

László Moholy-Nagy László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the ...

, and the Casino at Blackpool's pleasure beach in 1939. Emberton's archive is located at the

University of Brighton Design Archives The University of Brighton Design Archives centres on British and global design organisations of the twentieth century. It is located within the University of Brighton Grand Parade campus in the heart of Brighton and is an international research r ...

.University of Brighton. Design Archives. (2012)

Retrieved 2 November 2012. Emberton married Kathleen Marie (née Chantrey; b. 1906/7), who was the daughter of the chartered accountant, William Herbert Chantrey. The couple had two daughters. He died in London on 20 November 1956.

Notes

References

* Anthony Sutcliffe (2006). ''London: An Architectural History''. Yale University Press. .

External links

Joseph Emberton's family films at Screen Archive South East.

Joseph Emberton Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emberton, John 1889 births 1956 deaths Alumni of the Royal College of Art British Army personnel of World War I 20th-century English architects Honourable Artillery Company soldiers Architects from Staffordshire People from Audley, Staffordshire