Basil Spence

Sir
Basil Spence
Born
Basil Urwin Spence

(1907-08-13)13 August 1907
Died19 November 1976(1976-11-19) (aged 69)
Yaxley, Suffolk, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materEdinburgh College of Art
OccupationArchitect
PracticeBasil Spence & Partners
BuildingsCoventry Cathedral
Hyde Park Barracks
New Zealand parliament extension

Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM OBE RA (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.