Maxwell Hutchinson
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John Maxwell Hutchinson (born December 3 1948[1], Grantham) is an English architect and broadcaster.
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[edit] Early life
He was born in Lincolnshire to Frank Maxwell Hutchinson and his wife Elizabeth Ross (nee Wright) and went to school just south of the county in Northamptonshire at Wellingborough Prep School and the independent Oundle School. He studied architecture at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in Aberdeen and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in Bedford Square, gaining an AA Dip in 1972. He joined RIBA in 1972.
[edit] Architect
In 1972, he founded Hutchinson & Partners. In 1993, he founded The Hutchinson Studio Architects. He was president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 1989 to 1991. From 1987-9, he was Chairman of the Industrial Building Bureau (based in Hemel Hempstead). From 1990-2, he was vice-Chairman of the Construction Industry Council.
He is a practising architect of buildings including the following all of which are in London, England including:
- Skylines, Isle of Dogs
- JS Pathology’s Headquarters, Camden Lock
- Aztec Row, Islington
- Pink Floyd’s Britannia Row recording studios.
He was also a visiting Professor at the University of Westminster (1998-2000) and previously at the University of Nottingham (1993-6) and Queen's University Belfast (1989-93).
[edit] Broadcaster
He is also a regular television broadcaster, being the best known broadcasting architect in the UK. He wrote and presented three series for the Discovery Channel on architecture, engineering and science, and worked on BBC Two's First Sight and Restoration Nation.
He has also presented Channel Four's Demolition Detectives, and wrote and presented No 57, The History of A House. He has also contributed to Carlton Television's The Good, The Bad and The Listed as well as Anglia Television's Hidden Heritage and on BBC Yorkshire's Inside Out programme.
Maxwell is also a regular contributor to BBC Radio Four, as well as BBC Two's Newsnight, Robert Elms' show on BBC London 94.9 and various programmes on LBC radio. On BBC2, he presented How to Rescue a House, now seen on UKTV Style.
He also played guitar for some time for Lene Lovich. He was caught up in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, and from this he launched the charity Architects For Aid (A4A). He is a churchwarden of the Our Most Holy Redeemer Church on Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell. He plays the piano, and composes music.
[edit] Publications
- The Prince of Wales: Right or Wrong?: An architect replies (September 18 1989, Faber and Faber, foreword by Richard Rogers) ISBN 0571142877.
- Number 57: the storey of a house (June 30 2003, Headline Book Publishing) ISBN 0755311477.
