Nan Fairbrother

Background

Fairbrother was born in Coventry, England, and attended the University of London, graduating with honours in English.

Career

Her brother (James Alick (Rex) Fairbrother) was also a landscape architect. After graduation, she worked as a hospital physiotherapist, before settling in London. Their son, Dan McKenzie, was a Cambridge geophysicist instrumental in developing plate tectonics.

Her most celebrated work is New Lives, New Landscapes (1970), a visionary account of the challenges facing land-use planning in the United Kingdom.

Fairbrother"s influence on planners, landscape architects, and educators continues today: in 2009, British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland Learning produced two programmes in their Industry series (first televised in January 2009), titled New lives, new landscapes, an acknowledgment of Fairbrother"s contribution. In 1987 the Fairbrother Group of urban wildlife organisations was established and named in her memory, which ultimately became the Urban Wildlife Network.

Works

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  • Men and Gardens: A Delightful Tour through Gardens & Garden Writing of the Past (Horticulture Garden Classic)

    (A delightful tour through gardens and garden writing of t...)

  • The Cheerful Day

    (Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning...)

  • New Lives, New Landscapes

    (textbook)

  • New Lives, New Landscapes. The Architectural Press. 1970.

Membership

She was a Member of the United Kingdom Institute of Landscape Architects, now the Landscape Institute.