Graham Winteringham

Graham Winteringham (born 2 March 1923)[1] is an English architect who was born in Louth, Lincolnshire. Winteringham's work has consisted either of public buildings or the restoration of historic buildings.[2]

Early life

He studied at Birmingham School of Architecture (became part of Birmingham Polytechnic) after serving in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II.

Public buildings
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Broad Street

The 300-seat Crescent Theatre building was designed by Winteringham and built on Cumberland Street in Birmingham in 1964. Featuring a revolving auditorium/stage, the design was quite revolutionary for its time.[3]

In 1972, Winteringham received a Royal Institute of British Architects Award for his design of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, one of the largest theatres of its type in Britain. Opened in 1971, by Princess Margaret, the 901-seat theatre forms the centerpiece of Centenary Square in central Birmingham.[4]

Building restoration

Rosehill House, forming part of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, has been documented in Emyr Thomas's book Coalbrookdale and the Darbys. By 1979, when Winteringham first produced a detailed restoration report, the house had become uninhabitable. A year later, a full restoration programme commenced and the building was officially opened to the public in 1985 by Sir Adrian Cadbury.[5]

References
  1. "30 years of Birmingham rep: Staging the grand design; Sixties architect of Birmingham Rep Graham Winteringham tells Terry Grimley he still feels a great affinity with the building. - Free Online Library".
  2. Baile de Laperrière, Charles (2004). Who's Who in Art: Biographies of Leading Men and Women in the World of Art Today-Artists, Designers, Craftsmen, Critics, Writers, Teachers and Curators, With an Appendi. Hilmarton Manor Press. ISBN 0904722392.
  3. Crescent Theatre History Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Shaping the 1970s: 1970s Architecture in Birmingham Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Ironbridge Quarterly, Summer 2005 Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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