Basil Spence

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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 23
Sir Basil Spence 16

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knighthood ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Royal Gold Medal for Architecture ⓘ
linked to: RIBA Gold Medal
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 ⓘ
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 terminal (original) ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow Airport

Hutchesontown C housing, Glasgow ⓘ
Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks, London ⓘ
Knightsbridge Barracks, London ⓘ
Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh ⓘ
Murrayfield Ice Rink alterations ⓘ
New Zealand Parliament Beehive design concept ⓘ
Norwich University of the Arts buildings (former Art School extension) ⓘ
Salvation Army International Headquarters, London ⓘ
Scottish Widows headquarters, Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Widows

Sussex University campus ⓘ
Swiss Cottage Library, London ⓘ
Thomson House, Glasgow ⓘ
Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station buildings ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
positionHeld President of the Royal Institute of British Architects ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Sussex ⓘ

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

Coventry Cathedral → architect → Basil Spence ⓘ
University of Sussex → architect → Basil Spence ⓘ
Basil → hasNotableBearer → Basil Spence ⓘ
RIBA Gold Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Basil Spence ⓘ
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station → designedBy → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Falmer House, University of Sussex → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Thomson House, Glasgow → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Thomson House, Glasgow → hasArchitect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Thomson House, Glasgow → hasNotableArchitect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Murrayfield Ice Rink alterations → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Murrayfield Ice Rink alterations → designedBy → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Murrayfield Ice Rink alterations → significantArchitect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Canongate housing, Edinburgh → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Salvation Army International Headquarters, London → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Rowand Anderson & Paul → employed → Basil Spence ⓘ
Basil Spence & Partners → founder → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Basil Spence & Partners → namedAfter → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Basil Spence & Partners → leader → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Basil Spence & Partners → hasLeader → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence
Sunderland Civic Centre → architect → Sir Basil Spence ⓘ
linked to: Basil Spence