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Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell ( 1921 - May 5 2003 in London ), usually known as '''Philip Powell''', was a ground-breaking British post- War Architect . He was the father of "Humane modernism", and is famous for designing the Chichester Festival Theatre . He also designed the Skylon , the Churchill Gardens apartment complex in Pimlico and the main House at Chichester . He founded a practice with Hidalgo Moya , Powell & Moya Architect Practice. They won a competition to build Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, a complex that houses 5,000 people in 1,800 flats. They were aged 24 and 23 respectively. They designed the Skylon Installation at the 1951 Festival Of Britain , which sought to instil a sense of positive feeling at a time of postwar depression. Powell designed a Putney school, a number of Oxford and Cambridge University buildings including Wolfson College, Oxford and at Christ Church , the courtyard at the Museum Of London and Chichester Festival Theatre. In 1974 Powell and Moya became the first to win the RIBA Gold Medal for architecture as a Practice. Powell was knighted in 1975 after years of dedicated work as a member of the Royal Fine Arts Commission . |
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