British architect Michael Squire, the founding father of structure agency Squire & Companions, has died aged 77 following a brief sickness.
The information of Squire’s passing on Thursday 4 Might 2023 was introduced on Tuesday in an announcement from his household.
“It’s with the deepest sorrow that the household of Michael Squire and all at Squire & Companions announce that Michael died on Thursday Might 4, 2023, following a brief sickness,” it learn. “We’re all in shock and nonetheless absorbing the lack of a unprecedented man.”
Born in 1946, Squire studied structure at St John’s School in Cambridge earlier than happening to discovered his personal observe, at which he labored till his passing.
Squire based his eponymous observe, Michael Squire Associates, along with Paul Harrison in 1976 after working for his father Raglan Squire – a British architect chargeable for rebuilding Eaton Sq. – in Jakarta and Bahrain.
Michael Squire Associates has since turn out to be Squire & Companions and is now led by Michael Squire’s son Henry Squire and companions Tim Gledstone and Murray Levinson.
Squire & Companions was chargeable for many key buildings and main city tasks throughout the UK and London, together with masterplans reminiscent of Chelsea Barracks, One Tower Bridge and Southbank.
In 2017, the observe labored with SOM to construct the Lexicon, a 117-metre-tall tower in Islington.
The observe additionally designed the Bulgari Resort in Knightsbridge, the Brixton Windmill, the Design and Expertise block at St James’ College in Kent, the Division Retailer in Brixton and a bronze-clad house in Mayfair.
“I’m very unhappy to study of the passing of Michael Squire,” stated Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Simon Allford in an announcement.
“I shall all the time bear in mind Michael as a considerate and beneficiant man, who constructed a much-admired observe, then helped go this observe on to the following technology. He was a effective architect who, with exceptional and admirable consistency, designed, and from time to time additionally developed, very effective structure. “
Beneath Squire’s management, the observe has received quite a few awards for its tasks nationally and internationally, together with its Reiss headquarters, which received a RIBA Award for its architectural excellence, and The Division Retailer, which received a RIBA Nationwide Award.
Squire served as jury chair for RIBA Awards, was a member of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s Structure Appraisal Panel and infrequently performed a component in business occasions on the RIBA, Open Metropolis and New London Structure.
The architect was a third-generation member of The Structure Membership, which was based by his grandfather and poet Sir John Squire.
Squire is survived by Rosy, his spouse of 45 years, his kids Henry, George, Richard, Charles, and Miranda, in addition to his first spouse Pansy, brother Roger and 7 grandchildren, Ottilie, Felix, Oscar, Alfie, Isabel, James, and Sienna.
“Exterior of structure, Michael was initially a household man who liked nothing greater than being surrounded by his spouse and youngsters, to whom he devoted a lot love and time,” stated Squire’s household in an announcement.
“He additionally loved crusing on the Solent and was an avid Chelsea fan. His youthful vitality, love of life and mischievous humour shall be vastly missed by all that knew him.”
In 2022 the observe remodeled a Victorian Warehouse into an workplace for design agency Modus Workspace. It additionally collaborated with SAWA to construct a group agriculture faculty in Cambodia.
The portrait is by Gareth Gardner.
