Biography/Historical Note
He was born in Guilford, England, in 1931. From 1969 to 1965 he was Architect and Planning Consultant with the Oxford Preservation Trust. In 1969 he moved to South Africa, where he was Senior Planning Officer in Durban. In 1972 he moved to Australia, where he was First Assistant Commissioner (Architecture) of the national Capital Development Commission in Camberra and, since 1975, Professor of Architecture at the Univesity of New South Wales; at the same University he held the position of Head of the Graduate School of Built Environment from 1981. He retired in 1993. to 1989.
Nationality:
English.
Education:
Studied architecture at the Kingston-on-Thames College of Art, graduating in 1952. In 1961 he won a Ford International Fellowship and Fulbright Fellowship to the MIT.
Role within the BSR:
Rome Scholar in Architecture, 1955-1956; 1958-1960. Member of the Faculty of Architecture, 1962-1969.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reference number: AR-01.03.02/114.29
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: application form and declaration for the Rome Scholarship competition; recommendation letter; letter concerning rules and regulations about the RS competition; award confirmation letter; correspondence with W.D. Sturch (BSR Honorary General Secretary); excerpt from 'The Architects' Journal', (28 July 1955, p. 106); press cutting from the 'Evening Standard' (29 July 1955); Haskell's programme of study at the BSR; correspondence about Haskell's deferment...
Dates:
Academic Year: 1955 - 1956; Academic Year: 1958 - 1959; Record Keeping: 1954 - 1978
Reference number: AR-02.07.02/359.01
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: invitation letter by W. D. Sturch (BSR Honorary General Secretary) to join the Faculty; correspondence of acceptance by Haskell explaining he will delay his attending to meetings being in the USA; correspondence with Sturch concerning meetings as well as discussions with the Royal British Institute of Architectsure about their proposal to end their financial support to the BSR scholarships; Haskell informal discussions about steps to improve the scholars’...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1962 - 1969
