Miles Warren

New Zealand architect · New Zealand · On the map · Architects · Lived 1929 to 2022 · aged 93

Sir Frederick Miles Warren was a New Zealand architect. He apprenticed under Cecil Wood before studying architecture at the University of Auckland, eventually working at the London County Council where he was exposed to British New Brutalism.

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2022Died9 August 20222001Honorary Doctor of the University of AucklandAward2000NZIA Gold MedalAward1995Order of New ZealandAward1992Honorary Doctor of the University of CanterburyAward1984Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1974Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1929Born10 May 1929

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Miles Warren, his office and flat

Warren & Mahoney: Harewood Crematorium (1963)

Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Auckland2001

NZIA Gold Medal2000

Order of New Zealand1995

Honorary Doctor of the University of Canterbury1992

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire1984

Commander of the Order of the British Empire1974

About this person

Upon returning to Christchurch, and forming the practice Warren and Mahoney, he was instrumental in developing the "Christchurch School" of architecture, an intersection between the truth-to-materials and structural expression that characterised Brutalism, and the low-key, Scandinavian and Japanese commitment to "straightforwardness". He retired from Warren and Mahoney in 1994 but continued to consult as an architect and maintain his historic home and garden at Ohinetahi.

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New Zealand