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unusual facts about Maxwell Fry


Village college

Under Morris' influence, many of the colleges have had distinguished architects, notably the one at Impington designed by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry.


66 Old Church Street, Chelsea

66 Old Church Street, Chelsea, London was designed in 1935-1936 for the politician and playwright Benn Levy by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry.

Ahmadu Bello Stadium

It was designed in 1965 by the English architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry.

Cedric Price

As a working architect, he was associated with Maxwell Fry and Denys Lasdun before he started his own practice in 1960, working with The Earl of Snowdon and Frank Newby on the design of the Aviary at London Zoo (1961).

Frederick Gibberd

A further achievement by Gibberd in planning Harlow is his incorporation of works by many leading architects of the post-war years, such as FRS Yorke, Powell & Moya, Graham Dawbarn, John Poulson, Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew, Michael Neylan, William Crabtree, Leonard Manasseh, ECP Monson, Gerard Goalen, Gerald Lacoste, Richard Sheppard and H. T. Cadbury-Brown.

Impington Village College

Henry Morris, founder of the village college system, employed prominent architects to design the colleges, and Impington was designed by Walter Gropius, founder of The Bauhaus School of Architecture, and his partner Maxwell Fry.


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