John Madin - Birmingham Architect
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My presentation from the first Birmingham Pecha Kucha night. John Madin is one of Birmingham's best known architects. He's perhaps best known as the architect behind Birmingham's brutalist Central Library.
John Madin - Birmingham Architect
- 5. Born 1923 2. Educated in Birmingham (BSA) 3. Ambitious leader, artist, businessman and “articulator of ideas”
- 7. John Madin Design Group 123 staff Third largest private practice in the country in 1965
- 8. Inspiration
- 9. Image c/o Google Birmingham Chamber of Commerce 1960 “ contemporary in its use of bold materials”
- 10. Image c/o Google Birmingham Post & Mail 1966 Fee of £155k
- 11. Pebble Mill 1971
- 12. Natwest Tower 1973 “ disastrous in context but with its own tremendous integrity”
- 13. Hints of the artist within?
- 14. Image c/o Google Metropolitan House 1974 “ breaking the conception of square towers”
- 16. dts1013 Inspired by Le Corbusier’s La Tourette
- 17. “ Modern buildings are worthwhile”
- 18. “ The cities tycoons must be reassured to have an OK architect among them.”
- 19. Ambition in 1965: Design a new town…. a new way of life RIBA Special Award for Service to Industry (2005)
- 21. Learn Understand Celebrate
- 22. THANK YOU !
Editor's Notes
- #3: Architecture - not just Birmingham!
- #4: Pevsner guide Sir Nikolaus Pevsner- architectural guide Updated version by Andy Foster (architectural historian) published in 2005 Useful reference book - insight into history, style and influence
- #6: Subject of Six Men - documentary made in 1965
- #7: Intro to John - born and bred in brum - BSA First project - Garage extension in moseley (fee a grand sum of £6) In 1965, Birmingham Post and Mail Building (fee a whopping £155k)
- #8: A man concerned with change - looking forward 100 years, work affecting the lives of the public, humble outlook: architects not worthy of creating environments that affect so many people, every effort to do his best in addressing vast problems in urban areas.
- #9: Practice approach
- #20: This is down to us (the people interested in architecture, design, placemaking, placeshaping) to share knowledge, raise awareness and understanding of buildings, give them an identity, in a way that everyone can understand It’s not ugly, just misunderstood
- #21: Six Men documentary