Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Birth : 1879-06-06, Berkshire, England, UK

Death : 1957-03-23

History

Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie FRIBA was an English town planner. Abercrombie came to prominence in the 1930s and 40s for his urban planning of the cities of Plymouth, Hull, Bath, Edinburgh and Bournemouth, and later for his radical plan to rebuild the post-war City of London, which he is best known for.

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Sir Patrick Abercrombie

Movies

The Proud City: A Plan for London
The Proud City: A Plan for London
Himself
The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw.