Roger Westman (artist)

Roger Westman (born 1939) is an English artist, architect and designer noted for his simple and practical style.
Architecture
He was educated at Arnold House, a preparatory school for boys in St John's Wood, and Latymer Upper School, where he rowed for the school. He went up to the Architectural Association School of Architecture (between 1957 and 1963).
Westman has won awards for his designs of NHS hospitals, urban housing, social housing and development work on the Barbican Centre between 2005 and 2006. In 1959, he made major contributions to homes in Hampstead. And, in the 1960s, designed many homes in Hampstead Garden Suburb. In 1962, Soon after leaving the AA, his history, titled, The Origins of the International Style in England 1927-1939 was published. He appeared in the BFI and Faces of Architecture programme in 1967.
Art and design
In 1981, Westman exhibited his scheme Walls: A Framework for Communal Anarchy at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. In the same year, he exhibited, Tomorrow's New Community, A piece that artistically presented a 'do-it-yourself' community build - from Year 10 to Year 20. It was dubbed an "attractive idea... tantalisingly presented" by the New scientist.
He is a member of the 20th Century Society (C20) and currently lives in Hampstead Garden Suburb.<ref name=":1" />

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