Sir Basil Urwin Spence Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Basil Urwin Spence NPG x125368

© estate of Peter Keen / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Peter Keen

Architect. Born in India and educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and London and Edinburgh Schools of Architecture. Assisted Sir Edwin Lutyens with the drawings of the Viceregal Buildings in Delhi. Emerged as the leading British architect after the Second World War with his fresh approach to university buildings including Queen's College, Cambridge and Sussex. Noted for his pavilions for the Festival of Britain (1951) and his bold design for Coventry Cathedral (1951). Professor of Architecture Leeds (1955-6) and at the Royal Academy from 1961.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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