About John Wells-Thorpe
Lived 1928 – 2019 (aged 90–91). John Wells-Thorpe was a British architect.
John Arthur Wells-Thorpe OBE (1928–2019) was an English architect. He is best known for the breadth of his design capability in both the UK and numerous locations overseas.
Biography
Early life John Wells-Thorpe was born in 1928 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. He attended the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Brighton (then called the Brighton College of Art), followed by three international scholarships to Rome, Northern Italy and Moorish Spain. He also served on the advisory board of the BBC.
In the 1995 New Year Honours he was appointed OBE for services to architecture.
He died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 90.
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