{{other people|Brian Avery}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox architect |name = Bryan Avery |honorific_suffix = MBE |image = Bryan Avery Portrait.jpg |caption = Avery giving a lecture in 2014 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|01|02|df=y}} |birth_place = Wallingford, Berkshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|07|04|1944|01|02|df=y}} | death_place = London, England |birth_name = Bryan Robert Avery |practice = Avery Associates Architects |significant_buildings = BFI London IMAX<br /> Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)<br /> Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) |significant_projects=Wilderness City |awards= Design Council Millennium Products Award<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101128195417/http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/Documents/Documents/Millennium_Products.pdf Design Council Millennium Products list]</ref> Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award<ref>[http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2010/oldbailyey-142/index.html International Architecture Award 2010 citation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121094527/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2010/oldbailyey-142/index.html |date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> }} '''Bryan Robert Avery''' MBE RIBA (2 January 1944 – 4 July 2017)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weston|first1=Richard|title=Bryan Avery obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/06/bryan-avery-obituary|website=The Guardian|access-date=7 July 2017|date=6 July 2017}}</ref> was an English architect, born in Wallingford, Berkshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=bryan%20r&lastname=avery&eventyear=1944&eventyear_offset=0|title=Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}</ref><ref>''The International Who's Who'', page 81, 2004</ref> After his childhood years spent in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, he studied architecture at Leicester College of Art (now the De Montfort University), followed by an MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at Essex University under Professors Joseph Rykwert and Dalibor Vesely.<ref>[http://www.serdp.org.uk/_assets/_cv/bryan.avery.pdf South East Regional Design Panel cv]</ref>
He established his own practice '''Avery Associates Architects''' in 1976. The practice has built a wide range of projects ranging from theatres and museums to offices and educational buildings, many of which have won respected awards.<ref>[http://www.avery-architects.co.uk/awards.php Avery Associates Architects awards]</ref>
He published a book, ''Fragments of Wilderness City'' ({{ISBN|9781904772583}}) in 2011 which describes his work and theory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fragments of Wilderness City Bryan Avery|url=http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/fragments-of-wilderness-city.html|work=Black Dog|access-date=9 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701161008/http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/fragments-of-wilderness-city.html|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards== Avery was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to architecture.<ref name=GBR>United Kingdom: {{London Gazette |issue=61256 | date=12 June 2015 |pages=B16| supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Avery and Darley recognised|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/queens-birthday-honours-avery-and-darley-recognised/8684664.article|website=Architects' Journal|access-date=11 August 2015|date=15 June 2015}}</ref>
In 2010 Avery was awarded the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for the Old Bailey office building.<ref>{{cite web|title=7-10 Old Bailey|url=http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/projects/1126|website=Architecture News Plus|access-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322204550/http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/projects/1126|archive-date=22 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1999, Avery was awarded the Design Council's Millennium Products Award for the BFI IMAX cinema in Waterloo, London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sci/Tech Millennium mix of innovation|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/439765.stm|access-date=4 April 2016|work=BBC News|date=6 September 1999}}</ref>
== Projects (built)== *Museum of the Moving Image, London (1988)<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/good-venue-guide-10-national-film-theatre-se1-1295784.html The Independent 23 November 1997]</ref><ref>''The Times'' Monday, 17 June 1985; pg. 10; Issue 62166</ref> *Neathouse Place offices, London (1997) *Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London<ref>''The Guardian'' (London, England) (4 December 2000): p12</ref> *BFI London IMAX, London (1999)<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_imax/the_imax_experience/about_the_bfi_imax British Film Institute website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613235503/http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_imax/the_imax_experience/about_the_bfi_imax |date=13 June 2012 }}</ref> *The London Transport Museum, London (2007)<ref>{{cite web|title=Avery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/avery-associates-architects-rides-the-winds-of-change-at-the-london-transport-museum/3109657.article|website=Building Design|access-date=19 August 2015|date=28 March 2008}}</ref> *10 Old Bailey offices, London (2009)<ref>[http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/7-10-old-bailey-london-by-sidell-gibson-architects-with-avery-associates-architects/1995891.article Architects' Journal 25 March 2009]</ref> *Repton School Theatre, Derbyshire (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Top marks for school's £2.7m theatre complex|url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/marks-school-s-2-7m-theatre-complex/story-11650844-detail/story.html|work=This is Derbyshire|access-date=9 March 2012|date=10 May 2011}}</ref>
==Projects (proposals)== *Oxford Street (1983)<ref>''The Times'', Saturday, 24 December 1983; pg. 2; Issue 61721</ref> *Symbol for Southampton (2006)<ref>[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/906333.cash_snag_for_giant_spitfire_museum_plans/ Southern Daily Echo 4 September 2006]</ref> *Lymington residential, restaurant and gallery development (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lymington Society Meeting Gives Enthusiastic Welcome to Architects Designs for Redrow Development on Old Chicken Factory Site|url=http://www.lymsoc.co.uk/Avery%20Meeting%20Press%20Release.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906051714/http://www.lymsoc.co.uk/Avery%20Meeting%20Press%20Release.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2012|work=Lymington Society|access-date=9 March 2012|date=8 November 2011}}</ref> *Wilderness City<ref>{{cite web|title=Fragments of a wilderness city|url=http://www.planninginlondon.com/assets/PiL65%20stuff%20to%20upload/avery%20pil65.pdf|work=Planning in London|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> *CitizenM hotel, Holborn (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=New scheme for Holborn Viaduct|url=http://greaterlondonpublishing.co.uk/2012/06/new-scheme-for-holborn-viaduct/|work=City Planning|access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> *Stansted Airport Crossrail (2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=STANSTED AIRPORT CROSSRAIL BY AVERY ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS|url=http://aasarchitecture.com/2013/08/stansted-airport-crossrail-by-avery-associates-architects.html|access-date=19 August 2015|date=1 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Flights of Fancy: London's airport options revealed|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/flights-of-fancy-londons-airport-options-revealed/8651008.article|website=Architects' Journal|access-date=19 August 2015|date=22 July 2013}}</ref> *St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington (2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=St Barbe revamp: Lymington museum gets lottery funds|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25717763|website=BBC News|access-date=2 January 2015|date=14 January 2014}}</ref> *No. 1 Undershaft (site of Aviva Tower), City of London (2015)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weston|first1=Richard|title=The Contextual Tower: Avery Associates' No. 1 Undershaft|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/the-contextual-tower-avery-associates-no1-undershaft/8674823.article|website=Architects Journal|access-date=2 February 2015|date=9 January 2015}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.avery-architects.co.uk}}
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