Joseph G. Huntingford

Joseph G. Huntingford (1926–1994) was a Maltese architect, civil engineer and urban planner who is known for his Modernist works on the island of Gozo, particularly a number of schools built in the 1950s while he worked with the Department of Public Works. Huntingford graduated in architecture from the Royal University of Malta, and his work shows inspiration from Alison and Peter Smithson. The Lyceum in Victoria is currently being converted into a museum.

The Qala Primary School, inaugurated by Prince Philip on 27 April 1960, is considered to be Huntingford's masterpiece, and it has been described as being one of the few buildings in Malta which were in line with the international architectural scene at the time. The Qala school was partially demolished in 2006, prompting strong condemnation from the Chamber of Architects, although significant parts of the building still stand. after the Chamber of Architects campaigned for its preservation. Although the factory itself is to be demolished, the administration building is to be restored and integrated into a new business centre.

Huntingford left his post on Gozo in 1961, when he went to study for a postgraduate degree in urban planning and civic design at the University of Liverpool.