Jonathan Hill
Portrait photograph of Jonathan Hill
Hill in 2016
Born(1958-06-17)17 June 1958
England
Died1 November 2023(2023-11-01) (aged 65)
London, England
Other namesJonathan Michael Hill
OccupationArchitectural historian
Years active20th–21st century
Known forDirectorship of the Architectural Design MPhil/PhD programme at UCL
TitleProfessor of Architecture and Visual Theory[1]
SpouseIzabela Wieczorek[2]
ParentGeorge Hill
Academic background
Alma materArchitectural Association School of Architecture; University College London
ThesisCreative users, illegal architects (2000)
Academic work
DisciplineArchitecture
Sub-disciplineArchitectural history
InstitutionsThe Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Notable worksWeather Architecture (2012)
Websiteucl.ac.uk/bartlett

Jonathan Hill (17 June 1958 – 1 November 2023) was an English architect, architectural historian, editor and author.[2]

Biography

Jonathan Hill received a Diploma from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1983, a Master of Science degree from University College London in 1990, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 2000.[1]

Hill joined University College London, part of the University of London, England, in 1989. He was Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory in the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. He led the Architecture MArch PG12 studio and was director of the Architectural Design MPhil/PhD programme, the first such programme to be established in the United Kingdom.[2]

Hill died from cancer on 1 November 2023, at the age of 65.[3][4]

Work

Jonathan Hill published a number of books including:[5]

  • The Illegal Architect (1998)
  • Actions of Architecture: Architects and Creative Users (Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-1134437054)
  • Drawing Research (2006)
  • Immaterial Architecture (Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0415363242)
  • Weather Architecture (Routledge, 2012, ISBN 978-0415668613)[6][7]
  • A Landscape of Architecture, History and Fiction (Routledge, 2015, ISBN 978-1138852297)
  • The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Routledge, 2019 ISBN 978-0429429644)

Hill edited the following books:

  • Architecture: The Subject is Matter (Routledge, 2001, ISBN 978-0415235457
  • Occupying Architecture: Between the Architect and the User (Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0203983829)

Hill was also series co-editor of the Design Research in Architecture book series published by Ashgate.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Prof Jonathan Michael Hill – Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory". UK: The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Jonathan Hill – 1958–2023". UK: The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Murray (5 December 2023). "Jonathan Hill obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Professor Jonathan Hill – 1958–2023". UCL. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Books by Jonathan Hill". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jonathan Hill – Bartlett International Lecture Series". Bartlett School of Architecture. December 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2019 – via Vimeo.
  7. ↑ Leatherbarrow, David (2013). "Weatherwork". Building Research & Information. 41 (2): 248–249. doi:10.1080/09613218.2012.735451.
  8. ↑ "Design Research in Architecture: About the Series". CRC Press. Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved 28 January 2019.


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