Stillman & Eastwick-Field Partnership
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Stillman & Eastwick-Field Partnership (SEF) was an architects' firm based in London, founded in 1949 by the architects John Stillman and John and Elizabeth Eastwick-Field, a married couple. The firm made notable contributions to Britain's post-war reconstruction, first with schools and , hospitals, later with housing and university accommodation.
Much of the firm's output displays a restrained
'New Brutalist' manner with robust detailing in brick and exposed concrete. SEF closed in 2004, and was succeeded by the architects' firms Bennett SEF Ltd / TP Bennetts LLP (formerly TP Bennett
).
Elizabeth Eastwick-Field (née Gee) was born on November 21, 1919, and died on March 8, 2003, aged 83. John Eastwick-Field, OBE, was born on December 6, 1919, and died on March 30, 2003, aged 83. John Still was born in 1920.
The firm's three founding partners met in 1937 when studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
.
John Eastwick-Field was tutor at the School of Architecture at the Architectural Association from 1946 to 1956, sitting on the council there from 1956 to 1958, and becoming President of the school in 1966-67. He had also been on the council of the Royal Institute of British Architects
for ten years from 1951.
John Stillman and John Eastwick-Field wrote together the book The Design And Practice of Joinery, first published in 1958.
The architects Terry Farrell
and Nicholas Grimshaw
met when working at SEF, before setting up in practice together.
Much of the firm's output displays a restrained
'New Brutalist' manner with robust detailing in brick and exposed concrete. SEF closed in 2004, and was succeeded by the architects' firms Bennett SEF Ltd / TP Bennetts LLP (formerly TP Bennett
Thomas Bennett (architect)
Sir Thomas Penberthy Bennett KBE FRIBA was a renowned British architect, responsible for much of the development of the new towns of Crawley and Stevenage....
).
Elizabeth Eastwick-Field (née Gee) was born on November 21, 1919, and died on March 8, 2003, aged 83. John Eastwick-Field, OBE, was born on December 6, 1919, and died on March 30, 2003, aged 83. John Still was born in 1920.
The firm's three founding partners met in 1937 when studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
John Eastwick-Field was tutor at the School of Architecture at the Architectural Association from 1946 to 1956, sitting on the council there from 1956 to 1958, and becoming President of the school in 1966-67. He had also been on the council of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
for ten years from 1951.
John Stillman and John Eastwick-Field wrote together the book The Design And Practice of Joinery, first published in 1958.
The architects Terry Farrell
Terry Farrell (architect)
Sir Terry Farrell, CBE, RIBA, FRSA, FCSD, MRTPI is a British architect.-Life and career:Farrell was born in Sale, Cheshire. As a youth he moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended St Cuthbert's High School. He graduated with a degree from Newcastle University, followed by a Masters in urban...
and Nicholas Grimshaw
Nicholas Grimshaw
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, CBE is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall...
met when working at SEF, before setting up in practice together.
Selected buildings
| Lister House on Vallance Road in Tower Hamlets, 1956 |
| Camden School for Girls Camden School for Girls The Camden School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in North London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist-school status as a Music College... , London, 1957 |
| Marborough Children's Convalescent Hospital, 1958 |
| Mackintosh Hall, a combined school and cultural centre in Gibraltar, 1964-1977 |
| Hide Tower, a tower block of flats on Regency Street in Westminster, London, 1961 |
| LBH Training Centre, Hackney, London, 1964 |
| West of England (Residential) School for the Partially Sighted, Exeter, 1965 |
| Keele University Students' Union Keele University Students' Union Keele University Students' Union is the students' union of Keele University, England.-Overview:The main Students' Union building at the University of Keele was designed by architects Stillman & Eastwick-Field , with some guidance from the University's architect, J.A... , 1966 |
| Market Harborough (1966) |
| Stoke Newington Secondary School, Clissold Road, London, 1967-70 |
| Trevelyan College Trevelyan College Trevelyan College, often abbreviated to Trevs, is a college of the University of Durham in North Eastern England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan, Chancellor of the University from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college , the... , Durham, 1968 |
| Allington Park, Kent, 1970) |
| Princess Marina Psychiatric Hospital, Northampton, 1977 |
| Development of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex, 1976 |
| Girls' school in Gibraltar, 1977 |
| Working girls' hostel and day centre in Highbury, London, 1977 |