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Rod Hackney

Roderick Peter Hackney was a British architect and past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1987–1989) and International Union of Architects.

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Rod Hackney
Born(1942-03-03)3 March 1942
Liverpool, England
Died14 August 2025(2025-08-14) (aged 83)
Alma materManchester University
OccupationArchitect
Known forCommunity Architecture
Websitewww.kansarahackney.com/kh/Dr_Rod_Hackney.html

Roderick Peter Hackney (3 March 1942 – 14 August 2025) was a British architect and past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1987–1989)1 and International Union of Architects.2

Hackney was considered the pioneer of "Community Architecture" in 1974, when he fought slum clearances in Macclesfield and helped local people improve their own surroundings.34

Life and career

Hackney was born in Liverpool, England on 3 March 1942.5 He studied architecture at Manchester University, graduating in 1965. He then worked at Arne Jacobsen's practice in Denmark for three years before returning to Manchester to undertake a PhD.6

In 1972, he formed his own practice Rod Hackney Architect in Macclesfield, and in 2008 he co-founded Kansara Hackney Ltd.

Hackney died of kidney failure on 14 August 2025, at the age of 83.758

Publications

  • "Forward". Building Communities: International Conference Proceedings. RIBA Enterprises. 1987. ISBN 0947877711.
  • Hackney, Rod; Fay Sweet (1990). The good, the bad, and the ugly: cities in crisis (1. publ. ed.). London: F. Muller. ISBN 9780091739393.
References

References

  1. "Tributes paid to 'maverick' former RIBA president Rod Hackney". Architects' Journal. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  2. "Dr Rod Hackney". Debretts. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. "21 Years of Community Architecture". World Habitat Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. "Lives Retold - Rod Hackney".
  5. "Rod Hackney, RIBA president who inspired Prince Charles with his war against soulless tower blocks". The Telegraph. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  6. Knevitt, Charles (11 July 1975). "Community Architect Mark I". Building Design: 8.
  7. "Rod Hackney (1942 to 2025)". RIBA. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  8. "Rod Hackney obituary: 'community architect' admired by Prince Charles". The Times. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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