Work at a community school in Uganda, undertaken by the Richard Feilden Foundation, which was set up in his memory after his death at the age of 55.
Richard Feilden, Born 1950
architect
Richard John Robert Feilden OBE (29 March 1950 – 3 January 2005) was a British architect who co-founded Feilden Clegg Architects. His father, Bob Feilden, was an engineer who served as the Director General of the British Standards Institution from 1970 to 1981. His uncle Bernard Feilden was a conservation architect. Richard Feilden changed his university studies from engineering to architecture, graduating from Cambridge University, followed by further studies at the Architectural Association. In 1978 he set up his own architecture practice in Bath, Somerset, with fellow architect Peter Clegg. The practice, which continues to thrive, specialised in designing and constructing low-energy housing. He was known to be outspoken, honest and critical of the problems with building design and wider issues, such as global sustainability. Feilden was accidentally killed at his home in Warleigh on 3 January 2005, when a tree fell on him while he was clearing a patch of woodland as a memorial to his father, who had died eight months earlier. In tribute the 2005 RIBA President, George Ferguson, said of Feilden: "He showed that good architecture needn't be showy or iconic. What is great about his practice is that, although Richard led from the front, it wasn't reliant on one single person”.
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