About John Darbourne
Lived 1935 – 1991 (aged 56). John Darbourne was a British architect.
John William Charles Darbourne CBE (11 January 1935 – 29 September 1991) was a British architect, who together with fellow architect Geoffrey Darke, founded Darbourne & Darke in 1961. his later work including designing a stand for Chelsea Football Club at Stamford Bridge and the landscaping of Heathrow Airport. In October 1987 the Darbourne & Darke partnership was dissolved and Darbourne set up his own company known as Darbourne & Partners Ltd, based in Richmond, London.
Darbourne was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1977 New Years Honours for his services to architecture.
Darbourne died on 29 September 1991, aged 56.
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