Hugh Casson

Hugh Casson

1910-05-23
89 (1999-08-15)
Hampstead, London, England, UK

Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson CH KCVO PRA RDI was a British architect. He was also active as an interior designer, as an artist, and as a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of architecture for the 1951 Festival of Britain. From 1976 to 1984, he was president of the Royal Academy.

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson CH KCVO PRA RDI was a British architect. He was also active as an interior designer, as an artist, and as a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of architecture for the 1951 Festival of Britain. From 1976 to 1984, he was president of the Royal Academy.