Kenneth Frampton, Sumita Singha, Peter Murray and Peter Barber recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has been awarded a CBE, while architects Peter Barber and Sumita Singha, along with London Festival of Architecture founder Peter Murray, have received OBEs in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Influential twentieth-century architecture historian Frampton has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to architecture.
Frampton, who taught at Princeton University School of Architecture, the Bartlett School of Architecture and Columbia University, wrote numerous texts on modern architecture.
One of his most significant texts is Modern Architecture: A Critical History, which was first published in 1980.
Top: Kenneth Frampton has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Above: Peter Barber was awarded an OBE Murray, who was one of the founders of Blueprint magazine and established the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to leadership in the arts, architecture, city planning, design, publication and charity.
"I am particularly pleased that the citation is for 'leadership in the arts, architecture, city planning, design, publication and charity' which nicely describes the various passions in my life and reflects the breadth of the work carried out by New London Architecture," he said.
"As a keen group cyclist, I am well aware of the benefits of drafting behind the efforts of others and I am v...
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