Max Clendinning

In 1944 he joined the Belfast architectural practice of Henry Lynch Robinson, which included working on Festival of Britain buildings in Northern Ireland.^[4]

From 1951 Clendinning taught architectural design at Belfast College of Art, although at that stage he did not hold an architectural qualification. In 1951 we were awarded a scholarship to study at the Architectural Association in London, where he obtained the association's diploma and the ARIBA qualification in 1953.^[4]

Clendinning is best known for his 1965 design of the "slot-together but sturdy looking" Maxima chair, inspired in part by computer lettering.^[5] This design was featured in an exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2012.^[5] He also created designs for Christian Dior and Liberty & Co.^[2] His architectural work included Manchester Oxford Road railway station (1960), which has innovative laminated timber roofs. The station was classified as a grade II listed building in 1995.^[6][7][8]

He lived in Islington, London, with the theatrical designer Ralph Adron, who had been his partner for forty years.^[5][4]