- Richard Barry Parker
Richard Barry Parker (
November 18 ,1867 –February 21 ,1947 ) was an Englisharchitect andurban planner associated with theArts and Crafts Movement . He was primarily known his architectural partnership withRaymond Unwin .Parker was born in
Chesterfield in 1867, the son of bank manager Robert Parker. He trained at T.C. Simmonds Atelier of Art inDerby and the studio of George Faulkner Armitage inAltrincham . In 1891 he joined his father inBuxton and designed three large houses for him there.In 1896 Parker went into partnership with
Raymond Unwin , who was Parker's half cousin as well as his brother-in-law, having married his sister Ethel in 1893. They collaborated on architectural writing including "The Art of Building a Home" (1901), applying theArts and Crafts Movement to working-class housing.In 1902 they were asked to design a model village at
New Earswick nearYork for Joseph andBenjamin Seebohm Rowntree , and the following year they were given the opportunity to take part in the creation ofLetchworth , when the First Garden City Company asked them to submit a plan.In 1903 they were involved with the "Cottages Near a Town Exhibit" for the Northern Art Workers Guild of Manchester. In 1904 after their plan was adopted they opened a second office at Baldock. In 1905 they were invited by
Henrietta Barnett to design the newHampstead Garden Suburb , working in association withEdwin Lutyens .In May 1914 the partnership of Parker & Unwin was dissolved, as Unwin became increasingly involved with public sector work. Parker continued his town planning practice, advising on
Porto ,Portugal in 1915 andSão Paulo ,Brazil in 1917-1919. From 1927 he advised theManchester City Council on the development ofWythenshawe , where he had a continuing role until 1941. He died atLetchworth in 1947 at the age of 79.References
* [http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M002214 DSA Architect Biography Report: Parker & Unwin]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/richard-barry-parker Richard Barry Paker] , "A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture",
Oxford University Press .
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