# Bryan Avery

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{{other people|Brian Avery}}
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{{Infobox architect
|name                  = Bryan Avery
|honorific_suffix      = [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire)
|image                 = Bryan Avery Portrait.jpg
|caption               = Avery giving a lecture in 2014
|birth_date            = {{Birth date|1944|01|02|df=y}}
|birth_place           = [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford%2C_Oxfordshire), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire), [England](/source/England)
| death_date           = {{Death date and age|2017|07|04|1944|01|02|df=y}} 
| death_place          = [London](/source/London), England
|birth_name            = Bryan Robert Avery
|practice              = Avery Associates Architects
|significant_buildings = [BFI London IMAX](/source/London_IMAX)<br />
[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art)<br />
[Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI)](/source/Museum_of_the_Moving_Image_(London))
|significant_projects=Wilderness City
|awards= [Design Council](/source/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](/source/International_Architecture_Awards)<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](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) [RIBA](/source/RIBA) (2 January 1944 &ndash; 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](/source/English_people) [architect](/source/architect), born in [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford%2C_Oxfordshire), [Berkshire](/source/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](/source/New_Forest), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), he studied architecture at [Leicester College of Art](/source/Leicester_College_of_Art) (now the [De Montfort University](/source/De_Montfort_University)), followed by an MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at [Essex University](/source/Essex_University) under Professors [Joseph Rykwert](/source/Joseph_Rykwert) and [Dalibor Vesely](/source/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](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [2015 Birthday Honours](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Museum_of_the_Moving_Image_(London)), 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)](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art), London<ref>''The Guardian'' (London, England) (4 December 2000): p12</ref>
*[BFI London IMAX](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/St_Barbe_Museum_%26_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](/source/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==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.avery-architects.co.uk}}

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