Bruce Martin (architect)

Bruce Martin FRIBA (20 December 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a British architect who designed the K8 telephone box.

Bruce Martin FRIBA
Born	(1917-12-20)20 December 1917 Clapham, London, England
Died	22 April 2015(2015-04-22) (aged 97)
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong University of Cambridge (MA) Architectural Association School of Architecture (AADipl)
Occupations	Architect Designer
Employers	Hertfordshire County Council British Standards Institution Cambridge School of Architecture
Known for	K8 telephone box
Spouse	Barbara Parr ​ ​ (m. 1949; died 2001)​
Children	2

Biography

A K8 telephone box in Amersham station

Martin was born 20 December 1917 in Clapham, south London and was raised in Portsmouth.^[1] He studied engineering at the University of Hong Kong, then studied at the University of Cambridge, followed by the Architectural Association School of Architecture (the AA).^[2] After graduating from the AA he worked for the Hertfordshire County Council designing schools as part of "the Hertfordshire experiment".^[3][4][5] He was job architect for the grade II* listed Morgan's Junior School in Hertford.^[2] In 1943 he married fellow architect Barbara Parr.^[3][1]

In 1953 he moved to the British Standards Institution, then in the 1960s he began teaching part time at the Cambridge School of Architecture alongside running his own architectural practice.^[3] He designed the K8 telephone box, launched in 1968.^[3][1]

Publications

• Martin, Bruce (1952). School Buildings, 1945-1951. C. Lockwood.
• —————— (1977). Joints in Buildings. London: George Godwin Limited. ISBN 978-0-470-99106-0.