Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall
One of the most prominent firms of the post war period in Britain, Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall, was formed in 1944 by F.R.S. Yorke (1906-62), Eugene Rosenberg (1907-90) and Cyril Mardall (1909-1994). Yorke was a leading interwar modernist in Britain, designing house such as Torilla Nash near Hatfield and writing books like The Modern House. Rosenberg was born in what is now Slovakia, and worked for Le Corbusier and himself before coming to Britain in 1939. He was briefly interned in Australia before returning to Britain in 1942. Mardall was born in Finland to an English mother and Finnish father.
The three architects met as part of the Modern Architectural Research or MARS group of modernist designers. In the post war years, the company designed many public sector projects such as hospitals, schools and airports, often in a tough, modernist style faced in white tiles. Their most prestigious early project was probably Gatwick Airport (1958), which they designed using a curtain walled, steel grid structure and was featured in Reyner Banham’s “The New Brutalism”. The Gatwick project was designed by junior partners Brian Henderson and David Allford, who came to the fore in the late 1950s. The firm became YRM PLC in 1987 after joining the stock market and were subsumed by RMJM in 2011.
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See Also: Torilla, Nast Hyde
The three architects met as part of the Modern Architectural Research or MARS group of modernist designers. In the post war years, the company designed many public sector projects such as hospitals, schools and airports, often in a tough, modernist style faced in white tiles. Their most prestigious early project was probably Gatwick Airport (1958), which they designed using a curtain walled, steel grid structure and was featured in Reyner Banham’s “The New Brutalism”. The Gatwick project was designed by junior partners Brian Henderson and David Allford, who came to the fore in the late 1950s. The firm became YRM PLC in 1987 after joining the stock market and were subsumed by RMJM in 2011.
Featured Buildings: Childrens Home, Ealing, Gidea Park, Linden Doors Houses, Queensmead School, Sanderson Close
See Also: Torilla, Nast Hyde