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Dec 18, 2023 · Philip Morton Shand was born in 1888 and died in Lyon in 1960. Architecture critic, journalist and food writer, Shand was a co-founder of MARS, the Modern Architectural Research Group and was said to be instrumental in bringing modern architecture into Britain.
Sep 28, 2023 · Among the most influential architectural networkers of his time, Shand exerted an influence through his many contacts. Exploring his unstudied correspondence reveals new topics while also presenting fresh perspectives on well-known figures.
Aug 6, 2023 · The newspaper, citing official divorce papers, says: "Philip Morton Shand violently assaulted [his wife] by dragging her by her arms out of bed into a spare room in her night-dress, bruising...
Jan 27, 2024 · His father, Philip Morton Shand, an architecture critic and expert on food and wine, married four times. Philip’s first wife was Bruce’s mother, from whom he was divorced after three years, leaving their son to be raised by his Shand grandmother.
Aug 26, 2023 · According to divorce documents obtained by The Daily Mail, Camilla's paternal grandfather Philip Morton Shand allegedly abused her grandmother, Edith Shand, when she was about four months along in her pregnancy.
Aug 14, 2023 · It has emerged that her grandfather, writer Philip Morton Shand, beat her grandmother Edith when she was pregnant with Camilla’s father, Bruce Shand. The brief marriage ended after the vicious attack and the divorce papers filed in 1919 detail the horror of what happened.
Jan 21, 2024 · Philip Morton Shand (21 January 1888 – 30 April 1960), known as P. Morton Shand, was an English journalist, architecture critic (an early proponent of modernism), wine and food writer, entrepreneur and pomologist.
Sep 25, 2023 · Philip Morton Shand is the subject of a talk by Alborz Dianatat at the Isokon Gallery on the 16th November. Covering the Stockholm exhibition of 1930 for Architectural Review, Morton Shand met Alvar...
Jul 9, 2023 · The number of important residents of the Isokon is phenomenal and so are those who came to be connected with the building, including: its architect, Wells Coates; journalist Philip Morton Shand who helped bring Gropius to Britain; the first celebrity chef, Philip Harben, who ran the Isobar; architects Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand ...
Nov 16, 2023 · Though often absent in histories, Philip Morton Shand (1888-1960) exerted exceptional influence on Modernism in the 1930s. The London-based critic forged friendships with renowned designers including Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier, drawing Britain closer to Europe.
