John Dixon Hunt is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists John Dixon Hunt as British architect.
John Dixon Hunt was born at Gloucester in 1936. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He trained at King's College and Bristol Grammar School.
Post-war architecture built at state scale: housing, new towns and civic megastructures, with results that are still being judged.
He is recorded as architect and university teacher.
Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
Recognition followed: Rome Prize.
That the work was built in United Kingdom shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Achievements
- Rome Prize
- Trained at King's College and Bristol Grammar School
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