Basil Spence

Quick Facts

Full Name	Basil Spence
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Aug 13, 1907(1907-08-13)
Age	117
Date Of Death	1976-11-19
Birthplace	Mumbai
Country	India
Birth City	Maharashtra
Horoscope	Leo

Basil Spence Biography

Basil Spence is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on August 13, 1907 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Scottish architect awarded the knighthood for his design of Coventry Cathedral. Coventry Cathedral in England. He was also the architect behind the Beehive, which is an iconic section that is part of the New Zealand Parliament Building. He was a fervent follower of Modernist and Brutalist methods.

He as well as the sculptor He and sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi both attended Edinburgh College of Art. both were students at the Edinburgh College of Art.

His family was living at Bombay, India, when the time he was born. He was the son of Urwin Archibald Spencer, an assayer for the Royal Mint. He was married in 1934.

Basil Spence Net Worth

Basil Spence is one of the richest Architect from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Basil Spence 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an instructor at the junior level for the Edinburgh College of Art while being a student at the time. He worked with notables as Leslie Grahame- Thomson , and Reginald Fairlie while in college.

He began designing exhibitions as early as 1938, and designed the three Pavilions of Glasgow’s Empire Exhibition. He also was a specialist in country homes.

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Who is Basil Spence Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Basil Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Basil Spence celebrates birthday on August 13 of every year.

What is Basil Spence famous for?

Sir Basil Spence, (born August 13, 1907, Bombay—died November 19, 1976, Eye, Suffolk, England), architect best known for the new Coventry cathedral , built to replace the cathedral that had been gutted during a World War II bombing raid.

Where did Basil Spence live?

He lived and worked in a grand Georgian house in leafy Canonbury in north London. Challenged about this by the Daily Mail in 1972, Spence, in his typically aloof manner, said:”My house was built then.

When was Basil Spence knighted?

Between 1958 an 1960 Spence served as the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. By then his most famous building was under way, a rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral, destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. Such was its success that he was knighted in 1960.

Who was the architect who designed Coventry Cathedral?

Basil Spence

Where is Basil Spence buried?

Thornham Parva, United Kingdom