MJ Long

MJ Long
Born
Mary Jane Long

July 31, 1939
Summit, New Jersey
Died (aged 79)
Alma materYale University
OccupationArchitect
SpouseSir Sandy Wilson
Children2
PracticeLong & Kentish
BuildingsBritish Library

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Pallant House Gallery
Websitehttp://www.longkentish.com/practice.php

Mary Jane Long, Lady Wilson, OBE (July 31, 1939 – September 3, 2018), known as MJ Long, was an American architect, lecturer and author, best known for her work as a principal architect partner on the British Library in London with her husband Sir Sandy Wilson.[1] She created a series of purpose-built studios for the artists Peter Blake, RB Kitaj, Paul Huxley and Frank Auerbach, later documenting these in a book.[2][3] In partnership with Rolfe Kentish as the practice Long & Kentish, she focused on designing museums, libraries and galleries, including the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Jewish Museum London in Camden Town and an extension to Pallant House Gallery.[4][5] With Wilson, she also co-designed Spring House/Cornford House (1965) in Cambridge, for Christopher Cornford.[6]

  1. ^ Peter Carolin (18 September 2018). "MJ Long obituary". Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ Richard Waite (5 September 2018). "'Inspirational' British Library architect MJ Long dies, aged 79". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ Long, MJ (2009). Artists' studios. London: Black Dog. ISBN 9781906155728.
  4. ^ Edwin Heathcote (21 September 2018). "MJ Long, architect, 1939-2018". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ Hopkirk, Elizabeth. "MJ Long (1939-2018)". Building Design. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  6. ^ Ewan Harrison (May 2020). "Building of the month: May 2020 – Cornford House, Cambridge". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 16 October 2022.