{{Short description|British engineer (1932–2022)}} {{About|the British engineer}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox engineer |image = |image_size = |caption = |name = Anthony Hunt |birth_date = {{birth date|1932|06|22}} |birth_place = Streatham Hill, London, England |death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|08|16|90|df=y}} |death_place = Gloucestershire, England |education = Salesian College<br>Northampton Polytechnic<br>Westminster Technical College |spouse = {{unbulleted list|Patricia Daniels (divorced)|Diana Collett (divorced)|Helene Moore}} |parents = |children = 2 |discipline = Structural engineer |institutions = Institution of Structural Engineers |practice_name = Anthony Hunt Associates |significant_projects =(Willis Faber Dumas HQ) (Sainsbury Centre) (Waterloo International) (Eden project) }}
'''Anthony James Hunt'''<ref>{{cite book |title=Hunt, Anthony James |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-21202 |website=Who's Who 2022 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U21202 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> (22 June 1932 – 16 August 2022), familiarly known as '''Tony Hunt''', was a British structural engineer of numerous buildings, with a career spanning from the 1950s until his retirement in 2002. As a leading proponent of British High Tech architecture and with a strong interest in both engineering and industrial design, Hunt was a major player in creating the High Tech movement of Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. He formed Anthony Hunt Associates in 1962. He worked with Rogers and Foster on Reliance Controls building in Swindon (1966) which was the first building of the British High Tech architecture, or more generally the High Tech architecture style.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Colin |title=High Tech Architecture |year=1988 |publisher=Thames and Hudson |isbn=0-500-27534-3}}</ref> He was also a structural engineer on the Waterloo International railway station in London (1993).
==Early life== Hunt was the eldest child of a solicitor's clerk in Streatham Hill in London. He moved away from London with his mother and brother in order to avoid the Blitz, and finally settled in Farnborough, Hampshire. After leaving Salesian College at 16 he attended Northampton Polytechnic 1947 - 1948, but didn't complete the course. He then attended Westminster Technical College in London and studied civil engineering on a day release course. He first worked for Wheeler & Jupp, a small civil engineering firm in London, and later obtained a professional qualification in structural engineering.
==Career== Hunt was impressed by the Festival of Britain's Skylon, engineered by Frank Newby and Felix Samuely of FJ Samuely & Partners, two of the most influential engineers at the time. This inspired him to seek employment with the firm, which he achieved. It was with FJ Samuely & Partners that Hunt really developed his passion for structural engineering, working on projects such as Eero Saarinen's American Embassy in London.
Following a spell working for Terence Conran and for Hancock Associates, Hunt founded Anthony Hunt Associates in 1962. He worked extensively with a new generation of British Architects, including Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Michael Hopkins and Nicholas Grimshaw and played a large role in developing the lightweight, component-based style known as British high tech architecture. Throughout his career, Hunt maintained a keen interest in the wider aspects of industrial design.
In 1994 he received the Gold Medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers.
==Personal life and death== Hunt died at home in Gloucestershire on 16 August 2022, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=HUNT, Professor Anthony James (Tony) |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-august-26-2022-6bglb8rw9 |access-date=26 August 2022 |agency=The Times |date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
==Selected projects== * 1962 Leicester University Library, Structair system, Leicester (architects: Castle and Park)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dale |first1=Nigel |title=Connexions: The Unseen Hand of Tony Hunt |date=2012 |publisher=Whittles Publishing Ltd |location=Dunbeath, Scotland |isbn=978-1-84995-030-5 |pages=40–41}}</ref> * 1971 New Parliamentary Extension, Westminster, London. Unbuilt design (architects: Spence and Webster)<ref name="UKP">{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/northern-estate/portcullishouse/background/|title= Background to Portcullis House|publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> *1975 Willis Faber Dumas building Ipswich (architect: Foster Associates)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dale |first1=Nigel |title=New Ways: The Founding of Modernism |date=2021 |publisher=Whittles Publishing Ltd |location=Dunbeath, Scotland |isbn=978-184995-150-0 |pages=173–174}}</ref> *1976 van den Bossche house, Fluy, France (architect: Ian Ritchie)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fluy House |url=https://www.ritchie.studio/projects/fluy/ |website=Ritchie Studio |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> *1978 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts phase 1 Norwich UK (architects: Foster Associates)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pavitt, Jane |first1=Thomas, Abraham |title=Superstructures The New Architecture 1960-1990 |date=2018 |publisher=Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts |isbn=978-0946-009732}}</ref> *1982 Inmos microprocessor factory, Newport (architects: Richard Rogers and Partners)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crook |first1=Lizzie |title=Inmos Microprocessor Factory is Richard Rogers' high-tech factory prototype |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/22/inmos-microprocessor-factory-richard-rogers-high-tech-architecture/ |website=Dezeen |date=22 November 2019 |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Design for Inmos Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Gwent, Wales: section perspective, 1980 |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/design-for-inmos-microprocessor-factory-newport-gwent-wales-section |website=Royal Academy of Arts |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> * 1991 Waterloo International railway station, London (architects: Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners)<ref>{{cite web |title=Waterloo International Terminal |url=https://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=243 |website=engineering-timelines.com |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> *1994 Hauer King House, Canonbury, London (architects: Future Systems)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hauer-King House|url=http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/hauer-king-house.html |website=Modernism in Metroland |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hauer-King House|url=https://www.archinform.net/projekte/1118.htm |website=ArchInForm |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> *1996 West India Quay Footbridge, Docklands London (architects: Future Systems)<ref>{{cite web |title=Floating Bridge |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=454 |website=engineering-timelines.com |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> *1997 Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (architects: Lobb Partnership)<ref>{{cite web |title=OUR PROJECTS / John Smith's Stadium |url=https://populous.com/project/john-smiths-stadium |website=Populous |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> * 1998 Dyson Factory, Malmesbury, Wiltshire (architects: Wilkinson Eyre)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dyson Headquarters Malmesbury, UK |url=https://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/dyson-headquarters |website=Wilkinson Eyre |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> * 2001 Mount Stuart visitor centre, Isle of Bute, Scotland (architects: Munkenbeck and Marshall)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Kenneth |title=Mount Stuart visitor centre by Munkenbeck + Marshall |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/mount-stuart-visitor-centre-by-munkenbeck-marshall |website=Architects' Journal AJ |date=26 July 2001 |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Macdonald |first1=Abgus |title=The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture Anthony Hunt |date=2000 |publisher=Thomas Telford Publishing |isbn=072772769-9 |edition=First}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705210440/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/who/Hunt_A/huntAnthony.asp Engineering Timelines Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705210440/https://www.northernarchitecture.us/building-industry/tony-hunt-tony-hunt-associates-ltd.html Tony Hunt Associates]
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