Edward Horder CULLINAN

Background

CULLINAN, Edward was born on July 17, 1931 in London. Son of Edward Revil Cullinan and Dorothea Joy Horder.

Education

Cullinan was educated at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association, and the University of California, Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for the University of East Anglia.

Career

Cullinan founded his own practice in 1959. The co-operative, Edward Cullinan Architects, was founded in 1965. Cullinan is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham, and has been awarded four other professorships at The Bartlett (1978-1979), Sheffield University (1985-1987), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985), and Edinburgh University (1987-1990).

Achievements

• Notable projects include the Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton (completed in 1991), the Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre (completed 1992), the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) (completed 2003), the Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002, nominated for the Stirling Prize) and the new library at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (opened 2010). Cullinan was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (Royal Institute of British Architects)"s 2008 Royal Gold Meda

Membership

Duchy of Cornwall Wildlife and Environment Committee 1986-1990.

Connections

Married Rosalind Sylvia Yeates in 1961.

Father:

Edward Revil Cullinan

Mother:

Dorothea Joy Horder

Spouse:

Rosalind Sylvia Yeates