Patrick Garnett

Patrick Barry Garnett (11 March 1932 – 4 May 2006) was a Welsh architect, a leading member of his profession in Swinging Sixties London.

Early life Born in Rhyl, Wales, Garnett was the son of a builder. He grew up in an Art Deco house on the sea front and was educated at Rhyl Grammar School and the University of Manchester, where he met his future business partner Tony Cloughley, also a student of architecture.

Career After graduating, Garnett worked in the office of Sir Howard Robertson on the design of the Shell Centre in Lambeth, but did not stay long, setting off to join Frank Lloyd Wright's commune at Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Unfortunately, Wright had died by the time Garnett arrived in the U. S. He settled instead in New York, working for Carson and Lundin, then in Los Angeles, where he was with Welton Becket.

He died in May 2006. Notable work by GCB The Top of the Tower Restaurant in the Post Office Tower (1966) Albrizzi furniture showroom, Sloane Square (1968) Just Looking boutique, King's Road (1968) Chelsea Drugstore, King's Road (1968) New apartments in the Queen's Tower at Windsor Castle Interiors for the QE2 (1967–1969) House in Belgravia for Earl Mountbatten of Burma Scratchwood Services (now London Gateway services), M1 motorway(1969) Corley Services (1972)