Hugh Casson

Sir
Hugh Casson
Casson in his office, early 1950s; vintage bromide print by John Gay, from the photograph collection of the National Portrait Gallery
Born
Hugh Maxwell Casson

(1910-05-23)23 May 1910
Hampstead, London
Died15 August 1999(1999-08-15) (aged 89)
Chelsea, London
SpouseMargaret Casson
AwardsAlbert Medal (1984)
ElectedPresident of the Royal Academy, 1975


Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson CH KCVO PRA RDI (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect,[1][2] also active as an interior designer, an artist, and a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of architecture for the 1951 Festival of Britain. From 1976 to 1984, he was president of the Royal Academy.[2]

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