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Ronald James Herron (() 12 August 1930 – 1 October 1994) was an English architect and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his work with the seminal experimental architecture collective Archigram, which was formed in London in the early 1960s. Herron was the creator of one of the group's best known and celebrated projects, the Walking City.
Based at the Architectural Association in London, the main members of the group were Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron, Dennis Crompton, Michael Webb and David Greene. Archigram formed in late in the year 1960, shortly before the first issue of their magazine of the same name, which appeared in 1961.
The initial concept was designed, with the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, as an addition to the Southbank Centre arts complex by team leader Norman Engleback, assisted by John Attenborough, Ron Herron and Warren Chalk, [2] two members of the later founded group Archigram, of the Department of Architecture and Civic Design of the Greater ...
Ron Herron – creator of the Walking City; Jack Howe – architect and industrial designer; Shiu-Kay Kan – architect, industrial and lighting designer; Michael Manser CBE – architect and past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Ivan Margolius – author, architect and propagator of Czech culture and technology
Ron Herron, also a member of Archigram, created blob-like architecture in his projects from the 1960s, such as Walking Cities and Instant City, as did Michael Webb with Sin Centre. [ 5 ] Buckminster Fuller's work with geodesic domes provided both stylistic and structural precedents.
The late Ron Labinski was the pioneer of sports architecture, but his life’s work also is defined by those he mentored and influenced. ‘Ron gave me my life’: On the legacy of groundbreaking ...
Chalk and Herron won various competitions before their involvement with Archigram, notably 'Gasket Homes' was an early success. He was known as the most critical and abrasive of the Archigram group, questioning the banal, and his interests were broad and eclectic. He was always divided between architecture and painting.
Stuntman Bob Herron, who worked as a stuntman on films such as “Diamonds Are Forever,” “L.A. Confidential” and “Batman Forever” has died on Sunday after suffering for complications ...