Robert William Tavernor

Background

Robert William Tavernor was born on December 19, 1954, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He is a son of Michael Frederic and Elizabeth Veronica Tavernor.

Education

In 1976 Robert William Tavernor received a Bachelor of Arts degree with commendation from the Polytechnic of the South Bank (now London South Bank University). In 1979 he obtained a diploma in architecture with distinction from Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster). From 1979 to 1980 he attended the British School at Rome. In 1985 Tavernor obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from St. John’s College, Cambridge.

Career

From 1980 to 1982 Robert William Travernor was a part-time tutor of design at the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster). From 1982 to 1986 he served as a part-time lecturer in design at Cambridge University. From 1986 to 1992 Travernor was a lecturer in architecture at the University of Bath and a founding director of Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture from 1991 to 1992.

From 1992 to 1995 he was a Forbes Professor of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. In 1994 Robert became a member of the research committee at the Standing Committee of Heads of Schools of Architecture. In 1995 he was appointed as professor of architecture at the University of Bath and served until 2005. From 2005 to 2011 Tavernor worked as a professor of architecture and urban design at the London School of Economics and a director of the London School of Economics Cities Programme from 2005 to 2008. He held various visiting academic posts internationally. Robert Tavernor is currently an architectural and urban design consultant in London.

Achievements

• Robert William Tanner is best known as a founding director of the Tavernor Consultancy in London. He has published widely on architecture and urban design. His book "Palladio and Palladianism" was translated into Italian, Chinese and Korean.

Works

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  • Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity

    (The book explores changing attitudes toward measure, focu...)

    2007
  • On Alberti and the Art of Building

    (Widely recognized in his own time for extraordinary archi...)

    1998
  • On the Art of Building in Ten Books

    (De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)...)

    1988
  • Andrea Palladio: The Four Books on Architecture

    (The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was one of the ...)

    1997
  • Palladio and Palladianism

    (Robert Tavernor looks at Palladianism in terms of its mea...)

    1991
  • Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture

    (Essays on the changing relationship of the human body and...)

    2002

Membership

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  Royal Institute of British Architects , United Kingdom

  1985

Connections

Robert William Tavernor married Denise Alexandra Mackie. They have three children: Joanna Julia, Faye Elizabeth, James Michael Alexander.

Father:

Michael Frederic Tavernor

Mother:

Elizabeth Veronica Tavernor

Spouse:

Denise Alexandra Mackie

Daughter:

Joanna Julia Tavernor

Son:

James Michael Alexander Tavernor

Daughter:

Faye Elizabeth Tavernor

References

• Contemporary Authors
  1998