Oliver Hill

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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. 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 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


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