John Penn (architect)
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Born11 March 1921
Greens Norton, England
Education
OccupationsArchitect, Artist, Furniture Designer, Teacher, Musician, Poet and Filmmaker
John Penn | |
|---|---|
 c.1965 | |
| Born | 11 March 1921 Greens Norton, England |
| Died | 14 February 2007 (aged 85) |
| Education | |
| Occupations | Architect, Artist, Furniture Designer, Teacher, Musician, Poet and Filmmaker |
John Penn (11 March 1921 – 14 February 2007) was a modernist British architect. He gained notability, and is best remembered, for the nine "temple-form" houses that he built in Suffolk between 1962 and 1969.[1][2][3]In recent years these houses have been referred to as "Gold Dust".[4]
Penn was educated at Eton, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied history at Cambridge, and his studies were interrupted when he served in the Second World War. During his time in the military, he won the Military Cross for bravery.[5]
