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Thomas Cecil Howitt | |
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Born | Watnall Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire | June 6, 1889
Died | September 3, 1968 Orston, Nottinghamshire | (aged 79)
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Associated architectural firm[s] |
Buildings | Nottingham Council House |
Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 – 3 September 1968) was a British provincial architect[1] of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingham, Baskerville House in Birmingham (first phase of the unrealised Civic Centre scheme), Newport Civic Centre, and several Odeon cinemas (such as Weston-super-Mare and Bristol). Howitt's chief architectural legacies are in his home city of Nottingham. He was Housing Architect for the City Council, designing municipal housing estates which are often considered to be among the finest in terms of planning in the country.