Raymond Unwin

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British architect British urban planner architect person town planner urban planner

Raymond Unwin was a prominent British town planner and architect renowned for pioneering humane, low-density urban design and helping shape the early 20th-century garden city and garden suburb movement.

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Raymond Unwin canonical 7
Parker and Unwin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British architect ⓘ
British urban planner ⓘ
architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
town planner ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
architecturalFirm Raymond Unwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parker and Unwin
awardReceived Royal Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1863-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1940-06-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Rotherham Grammar School ⓘ
employer Ministry of Health ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Health (UK)
fieldOfWork housing reform ⓘ
socially oriented architecture ⓘ
urban design ⓘ
genre town planning theory ⓘ
influenced British New Towns movement ⓘ
post-World War I housing policy in the UK ⓘ
influencedBy Ebenezer Howard ⓘ
knownFor development of garden suburbs ⓘ
influence on British town planning legislation ⓘ
pioneering humane low-density urban design ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Garden City Association ⓘ
Town Planning Institute ⓘ
movement Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Garden city movement ⓘ
surface form: garden city movement

garden suburb movement ⓘ
notableWork Cottage plans and common sense ⓘ
Hampstead Garden Suburb ⓘ
Letchworth Garden City ⓘ
New Earswick ⓘ
Nothing Gained by Overcrowding ⓘ
Town Planning in Practice ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
town planner ⓘ
partnerInFirmWith Barry Parker ⓘ
surface form: Richard Barry Parker
placeOfBirth Rotherham ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath London Borough of Barnet ⓘ
surface form: Barnet

Hertfordshire ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Town Planning Inspector ⓘ
President of the Town Planning Institute ⓘ
relative Barry Parker ⓘ
surface form: Richard Barry Parker
spouse Ethel Parker ⓘ

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Garden city movement → keyFigure → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Raymond Unwin → architecturalFirm → Raymond Unwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parker and Unwin
Letchworth Garden City → designedBy → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Barry Parker → coDesignerWith → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Nothing Gained by Overcrowding → author → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Town Planning in Practice → author → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Rotherham Grammar School → notableAlumnus → Raymond Unwin ⓘ
Hampstead Garden Suburb → architect → Raymond Unwin ⓘ