Architecture
Sugden, Derek (5 of 5). National Life Story Collection: Architects' Lives
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Type
sound
Duration
00:19:11
Shelf mark
C467/123
Subjects
Architecture
Recording date
2014-07-15, 2014-09-24, 2014-12-16, 2015-10-07
Recording locations
Interviewee's home in Watford, Hertfordshire
Interviewees
Sugden, Derek, (1924-2015) (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Dillon, Niamh (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 5: [Session three: 7 October 2015] DS on his house which he moved into in 1957 – explains how Peter and Alison Smithson came to design his house in Watford. The first scheme was designed by Alison Smithson – DS and his wife Jean’s response to it. [00:03:48] Peter Smithson took the design forward and the Sugden’s were very happy with it – DS design the reinforced concrete lintels. [00:05:03] DS describes the plan of the house – the flexibility of the design, small adaptions to the design. [00:08:24] Discussion about staining the timber, discussion about the colour of the curtains. [00:12:10] Reflects on living in the house with a growing family. His wife Jean’s plan of the garden. The house is now listed. [00:15:28] DS explains why he and Jean wanted to design their own house. His desire for a house both ‘radical and ordinary.’
Description
Life story interview with Derek Sugden, structural engineer. The interviewee died in December 2015, before the interview had been completed. Much of his work on acoustics is therefore not included.
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