Reyner banham biography of william hill

British architectural critic (1922–1988)

Reyner Banham Hon FRIBA
Born	Peter Reyner Banham (1922-03-02)2 March 1922 Norwich, England
Died	19 March 1988(1988-03-19) (aged 66) London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Courtauld Institute of Art
Occupation	Architectural historian
Known for	Architecture and design criticism
Notable work	Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) The New Brutalism (1966) Los Angeles: the Architecture of Four Ecologies (1971)

Peter Reyner Banham (2 March 1922 – 19 March 1988) was an English architectural critic and writer best known for his theoretical treatiseTheory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) and for his 1971 book Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies.^[1] In the latter he categorized the Los Angeles experience into four ecological models (Surfurbia, Foothills, The Plains of Id, and Autopia) and explored the distinct