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Basil Spence exhibition at University of Sussex
An exhibition to mark Spence’s enduring contribution to the University, bringing together for the first time the University’s own collection of original drawings (some by Spence), models, photographs and artifacts. Original research by Professor Howard and by the country’s leading Spence scholar, Sussex alumna Dr Louise Campbell, brings out the significance of the buildings, while Spence himself will be seen giving his views in archive film as part of the visitor experience. Opens 10 May 2012.
Spence Centenary Exhibition
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is currently preparing the first major exhibition on the life and work of Sir Basil Spence. Spence remains arguably Scotland’s most renowned modern architect, and this exhibition will survey his rich output from a career which flourished for over forty years, from the 1930s to the 1970s, and in particular during the regenerative immediate post-war period.