Lynn Kinnear

Lynn Kinnear (15 February 1960 - 9 March 2024) was a British landscape architect known for designing award-winning parks and playgrounds. She won the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2015 for her work with Allford Hall Monaghan and Morris on Burntwood School, Wandsworth.

Early life Lynn Kinnear was born on 15 February 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her mother was Margaret Jeffcock and her father was George Kinnear. Her father worked for Edinburgh City Council. She had three younger sisters: Jo, Susie and Sally.

Career After university, Kinnear worked for the landscape architects Gillespies where she was involved in designing for the Liverpool International Garden Festival in 1984. She then joined the SOM international architecture practice where she worked on the Canary Wharf development in London.

As well as individual schemes, Kinnear created strategic visions for Ingrebourne Valley Greenway and Tottenham Hale Green and Open Spaces. Walsall Art Gallery (with Caruso St John and Richard Wentworth) Walthamstow Wetlands nature reserve Helling Street Park, Wapping Burntwood School (with AHMM) Drapers Fields Normand Park Chobham Academy, Newham Daubeney School, Hackney Mossbourne Academy (with RSHP) Tower Hamlets Town Hall (with AHMM) Barking Market Crystal Palace Park

Personal life Kinnear met the architect Sean Griffiths in 1992, and they had one daughter, Lily. Kinnear and Griffiths built the Blue House in east London in 2002. Kinnear also had a house at Camber Sands Kinnear lived in the Blue House until her death.

Kinnear and Griffiths separated in 2008.

In 2017, Kinnear was diagnosed with cancer. She continued to work until 2023, when she closed her practice. She died on 9 March 2024.