Rod Hackney
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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.[3][4]
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.[7][5][8]
Publications
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forward". Building Communities: International Conference Proceedings. RIBA Enterprises. 1987. ISBN 0947877711.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hackney, Rod; Fay Sweet (1990). The good, the bad, and the ugly: cities in crisis (1. publ. ed.). London: F. Muller. ISBN 9780091739393.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tributes paid to 'maverick' former RIBA president Rod Hackney". Architects' Journal. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr Rod Hackney". Debretts. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."21 Years of Community Architecture". World Habitat Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lives Retold - Rod Hackney".
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rod Hackney, RIBA president who inspired Prince Charles with his war against soulless tower blocks". The Telegraph. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Knevitt, Charles (11 July 1975). "Community Architect Mark I". Building Design: 8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rod Hackney (1942 to 2025)". RIBA. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rod Hackney obituary: 'community architect' admired by Prince Charles". The Times. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
External links
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