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Bruce Martin (architect)
Bruce Martin (20 December 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a British architect who designed the Red telephone box#Modernisation – K7 & K8, K8 telephone box. Biography Martin was born 20 December 1917 in Clapham, south London and was raised in Portsmouth. He studied engineering at the University of Hong Kong, then studied at the University of Cambridge, followed by the Architectural Association School of Architecture (the AA). After graduating from the AA he worked for the Hertfordshire County Council designing schools as part of "the Hertfordshire experiment". He was job architect for the grade II* listed Morgan's Junior School in Hertford. In 1943 he married fellow architect Barbara Parr. In 1953 he moved to the British Standards Institution, then in the 1960s he began teaching part time at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge School of Architecture alongside running his own architectural practice. He designed the K8 telephone box, launched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clapham
Clapham () is a district in south London, south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (including Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. History Early history The present day Clapham High Street is on the route of a Roman roads in Britannia, Roman road. The road is recorded on a Roman monumental stone found nearby. According to its inscription, the stone was erected by a man named Vitus Ticinius Ascanius. It is estimated to date from the 1st century AD. (The stone was discovered during building works at Clapham Common South Side in 1912. It is now placed by the entrance of the former Clapham Library, in the Old Town.) According to the history of the Clapham family, maintained by the College of Heralds, in 965 King Edgar of England gave a grant of land at Clapham to Jonas, son of the Duke of Lorraine, and Jonas was thenceforth known as Jonas "de [of] Clapham". The family remained in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
