Basil Spence

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British architect architect human

Basil Spence was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for his modernist designs and major postwar reconstruction projects in the United Kingdom.

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Label	Occurrences
Basil Spence canonical	6
Sir Basil Spence	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Knighthood ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ RIBA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Edinburgh College of Art ⓘ
employer	Basil Spence & Partners ⓘ Rowand Anderson & Paul ⓘ
familyName	Spence ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ postwar reconstruction ⓘ public buildings ⓘ university campus design ⓘ
genre	brutalist architecture ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ
givenName	Basil ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Institute of British Architects ⓘ Royal Scottish Academy Building ⓘ surface form: Royal Scottish Academy
movement	Brutalism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
notableWork	Basil Spence’s own house at Beaulieu, Sussex ⓘ Basil Spence’s own house at Broughton Place, Scottish Borders ⓘ Basil Spence’s own house at Gribloch, Stirlingshire ⓘ British Embassy, Rome (competition entry involvement) ⓘ Canongate housing, Edinburgh ⓘ Coventry Cathedral ⓘ Falmer House, University of Sussex ⓘ Glasgow Airport ⓘ surface form: Glasgow Airport terminal (original) Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ surface form: Hutchesontown C housing, Glasgow Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London ⓘ surface form: Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks, London Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London ⓘ surface form: Knightsbridge Barracks, London Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh ⓘ Murrayfield Ice Rink alterations ⓘ New Zealand Parliament Buildings ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Parliament Beehive design concept Norwich University of the Arts ⓘ surface form: Norwich University of the Arts buildings (former Art School extension) Salvation Army International Headquarters, London ⓘ Scottish Widows ⓘ surface form: Scottish Widows headquarters, Edinburgh University of Sussex ⓘ surface form: Sussex University campus Swiss Cottage Library ⓘ surface form: Swiss Cottage Library, London Thomson House, Glasgow ⓘ Trawsfynydd nuclear power station ⓘ surface form: Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station buildings
occupation	architect ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Royal Institute of British Architects ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Sussex ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Michael’s Cathedral → architectOfModernBuilding → Basil Spence ⓘ

Coventry Cathedral → architect → Basil Spence ⓘ

University of Sussex → architect → Basil Spence ⓘ

Basil → hasNotableBearer → Basil Spence ⓘ

Beehive (Executive Wing of Parliament) → architect → Basil Spence ⓘ

RIBA Gold Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Basil Spence ⓘ

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station → designedBy → Basil Spence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Basil Spence