Roger Ulick Branch Westman was born 16 September 1939 in Jarrow, County Durham, England, United Kingdom to Kenneth Edwin Westman (1907-1964) and Jean Felicia Bedworth (1915-2003) and died 29 April 2020 Hampstead Way, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Jula Rabl (1944-) .
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Roger Ulick Branch Westman (1939-) | 16 September 1939 Jarrow, County Durham, England, United Kingdom | 29 April 2020 Hampstead Way, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Elizabeth Jula Rabl (1944-) |
| Nicholas Westman (1943-) | |||
| Kenneth Andrew Westman (1948-) | |||
Life details
Roger Westman was an English architect. He is probably best-known for his contributions to social housing in London.
He was educated at Latymer Upper School, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.
At the AA he received the RIBA Howard Colls Travelling Studentship Award in 1959, awarded for best drawings that year. His first book, The Origins of the International Style in England 1927-1939, was published by Architectural Press in 1964. Buildings designed by Westman include the Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis (1980), the Jerma Palace Hotel, Malta (1982). He is also the architect of a large number of homes in Hampstead and Hampstead Garden Suburb.
Westman began his career at Lambeth council's urban planning department. He worked with Edward Hollamby and Rosemary Stjernstedt on Central Hill Estate.
Westman was one of the first architects to recognise the importance of sustainable architecture, particularly in large-scale building projects. After he published an article on the subject in 1989, sustainable architecture became a popular and important part of late twentieth and twenty-first century architecture. Despite this, he has been described by the Architects' Journal as perhaps one of the most overlooked and under appreciated architects of the twentieth century'.
In 1997, he received the RIBA President's Award for his contributions to British architecture.
He has given lectures on sustainable architecture at the AA, Cambridge, Oxford Brookes, and Bath. He retired from his position as a visiting lecturer in 1999.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Westman (1967-) | |||
| Sophie Westman (1970-) | 25 March 1970 | Juan Carlos Lizarraga Curiel (1969-) | |
Ancestry
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Ancestors are from England, Wales, Sweden.
Footnotes (including sources)
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| Ω Birth |
