Tribute to Architect Peter Moro

Nationwide arts festival celebrating refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British cultureMarch 2020 marked the official end of the festival, but also the beginning of a longer-term commitment to celebrating the impact of this remarkable generation of émigrés under the Insiders/Outsiders umbrella

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Alistair Fair introduces the life and work of émigré architect Peter Moro, on the occasion of his new monograph on him.

German-born émigré Peter Moro (1911-98) arrived in the UK in 1936, and for two years worked with fellow émigré Berthold Lubetkin’s famed practice, Tecton. In the post-war period Moro was drafted in to help realise the Festival Hall in just two short years, in time for the Festival of Britain in 1951.With a team of his former students, he created many of the interiors we see today. For Moro, the Festival Hall was a stepping-stone to a career designing many of Britain’s finest post-war theatres, particularly Nottingham Playhouse, Plymouth Theatre Royal, and the renovated Bristol Old Vic. He and his colleagues also designed some exceptional one-off houses, as well as exhibitions, university buildings, schools, and council housing, collaborating with leading talents such as the designer Robin Day.Based on detailed archival research and with stunning new photography, this is the first book devoted to the work of Peter Moro and his colleagues in architectural practice. Ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s, it explores Moro’s belief in a rigorous modern architecture which was both functionally sound and aesthetically rich. It sheds new light on this important body of work, and enriches our understanding of the experience and diversity of modernism in Britain.This talk is given by Alistair Fair, Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh, to mark the recent appearance of his <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/peter-moro-partners/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">book</a> on Peter Moro. The event will be chaired by architectural and design historian Alan Powers.
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