Roger Westman

Roger Ulick Branch Westman (16 September 1939 - 29 April 2020) was a British architect.

Roger Westman
Born
Roger Ulick Branch Westman

16 September 1939
Jarrow, County Durham
Died29 April 2020
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Alma materArchitectural Association School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect

Early life and education

Westman was born at Jarrow, County Durham in 1939, the eldest son of Kenneth Westman, a diplomat stationed in Madrid. He attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.[1][2] At the AA he received the RIBA Howard Colls Travelling Studentship Award in 1959, allowing him to study for a short time at the Polytechnic University of Milan.[3]

Architecture and design

Westman began his career at Lambeth council's architecture planning department. He worked with Edward Hollamby and Rosemary Stjernstedt on Central Hill Estate, a social housing estate completed in 1974.[4] He designed a large number of homes in Hampstead, Hampstead Garden Suburb, and Highgate.[5][2] Westman was an early proponent of sustainable architecture, particularly in large-scale building projects.[6] He wrote an article on sustainable architecture in 1982 for the Architects' Journal.[4][7] During his career, he won several prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects.[8] Westman gave guest lectures on architectural history at the AA, Cambridge, Oxford Brookes and Bath until 1999.[9][6]

Media

In 1967 Westman was involved in a documentary about twentieth century British architecture, Faces of Architecture, directed by Hugh Grieves and produced by the British Film Institute (BFI).

Between 2004 and 2009 Westman was a contributor (assistend architect) on three episodes of Grand Designs

  • S4 E2: Customised German Kit House, Walton on Thames, Surrey. Aired 28 January 2004.
  • S7 E12 The Glass & Timber House, Dulwich, London. Aired 16 May 2007.
  • S9 E4 The Eco Arch, Kent. Aired 18 February 2009.

Exhibitions

Between June and July 1981, Westman exhibited his scheme 'Walls: A Framework for Communal Anarchy' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.[10][11] Westman's exhibition received positive reviews in The Times and the London Evening Standard.[12][13]

Selected projects

Personal life

He lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb with his wife, Jula.[14] Together they had two children.[1] He was a member of the Twentieth Century Society, and was instrumental in the preservation of several 20th-century buildings.[15] He was a friend of John Summerson until Summerson's death in 1992.[14]

Westman died on 29 April 2020 at Hampstead Garden Suburb.[2]

References
  1. Guardian Staff (7 May 2020). "Roger Westman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. "Roger Westman". ArchINFORM.
  3. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Institute. 1959.
  4. "Roger Westman: A life in architecture". The Architecture Schools Database. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. Architectural Association Journal. 1959.
  6. "Roger Westman - Architect London / United Kingdom". Archilovers. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. The Architects' Journal. Architectural Press. 1996.
  8. Architects, Royal Institute of British (1966). RIBA Journal.
  9. "Roger Westman". The Architecture Schools Database. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. Hardy, Dennis; Ward, Colin (1 January 2004). Arcadia for All: The Legacy of a Makeshift Landscape. Five Leaves. ISBN 978-0-907123-59-0.
  11. England), Institute of Contemporary Arts (London (1981). Future Communities. Institute of Contemporary Arts. ISBN 978-0-905263-14-4.
  12. Town and Country Planning. Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. 1980.
  13. Hardy, Dennis; Ward, Colin (1984). Arcadia for All: The Legacy of a Makeshift Landscape. Mansell. ISBN 978-0-7201-1679-3.
  14. "Roger Westman". Archinect. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  15. "Roger Westman". architectuul.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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