Patrick Lynch
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Patrick Lynch
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The son of an Irish builder, Patrick Lynch was born in Henley-on-Thames and studied at Liverpool and Cambridge universities, spending a semester at l’Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon. He worked in Germany for two years before returning to London to start Lynch Architects in 1997. Between 1997 and 2003 he taught at Kingston University and was a unit master at the Architectural Association from 2001-3.
He continues to contribute to academic conferences and publications and is currently writing a study of the London terrace, which explores the public character of the 18th-century town house. Lynch Architects is based in Hoxton, east London, and comprises Patrick, his wife Claudia Lynch and their associate, Jacques Dahan.
They are currently completing several private houses as well as public art commissions and an art gallery.
Triangular urban public site
Lynch Architects has been commissioned to develop a triangular urban public site near a supermarket in Balham, south London. The plans involve paving the area with light-grey concrete paving and constructing several triangulated, open canopies. These are black-painted steel structures, which are intended to have an association with standard London terrace railings and which act both as a background for public performances and a framework for climbing plants. The project is due to open in July 2005.
