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Oliver Hill was a 20th Century architect whose life and career spanned the major events, trends and styles of the that century both influencing and absorbing elements of each. A friend of Edward Lutyens, Oliver Hill was initially apprenticed to a builder before moving to work for the Scottish architect William Flockhart<ref>http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/175Exhibition/SlippedThrough/OliverHill.aspx</ref>He is a conundrum, known both for his [[Arts & Crafts]] masterpieces like [[Cour]] on the Mull of Kintyre<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html</ref> and his groundbreaking [['Moderne' Houses|International 'Moderne' houses]] like [[Joldwynds]] in Surrey and [[Landfall]] in Poole, Dorset<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html.</ref> He also designed the Midland Hotel in Morecombe, and a whole resort in Frinton-on-Sea. | Oliver Hill was a 20th Century architect whose life and career spanned the major events, trends and styles of the that century both influencing and absorbing elements of each. A friend of Edward Lutyens, Oliver Hill was initially apprenticed to a builder before moving to work for the Scottish architect William Flockhart<ref>http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/175Exhibition/SlippedThrough/OliverHill.aspx</ref>. He is a conundrum, known both for his [[Arts & Crafts]] masterpieces like [[Moor Close]] in , Berkshire, built in 1911 for Charles Birch Crisp, which shows strong echoes of Lutyens' influence and [[Cour]] on the Mull of Kintyre<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html</ref> and his groundbreaking [['Moderne' Houses|International 'Moderne' houses]] like [[Joldwynds]] in Surrey and [[Landfall]] in Poole, Dorset<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html.</ref> He also designed the Midland Hotel in Morecombe, and a whole resort in Frinton-on-Sea. | ||
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Oliver Hill was a 20th Century architect whose life and career spanned the major events, trends and styles of the that century both influencing and absorbing elements of each. A friend of Edward Lutyens, Oliver Hill was initially apprenticed to a builder before moving to work for the Scottish architect William Flockhart<ref>http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/175Exhibition/SlippedThrough/OliverHill.aspx</ref>. He is a conundrum, known both for his Arts & Crafts masterpieces like Moor Close in , Berkshire, built in 1911 for Charles Birch Crisp, which shows strong echoes of Lutyens' influence and Cour on the Mull of Kintyre<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html</ref> and his groundbreaking International 'Moderne' houses like Joldwynds in Surrey and Landfall in Poole, Dorset<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html.</ref> He also designed the Midland Hotel in Morecombe, and a whole resort in Frinton-on-Sea.
See Also In Chimni
Chimni Wiki Joldwynds
Chimni Wiki Homes Used In Poirot Episodes
Books We Liked
Oliver Hill: Architect and Lover of Life, by Alan Powers (Mouton Publications, 1989)
Modern Britain 1929-1939, edited by James Peto and Donna Loveday (Design Museum, 1999)
Other Interesting Sites
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3305008/Master-builder-Oliver-Hill.html
http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/175Exhibition/SlippedThrough/OliverHill.aspx
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