Elain Harwood Death: Obituary, Cause Of Death, Funeral

On Thursday, April 20, 2023, Elain Harwood, a renowned architectural historian and advocate for preserving modernist architecture, passed away at 64.

The specifics of Elain’s death, including its circumstances, have not yet been made public. Everyone felt depressed and upset as soon as the news was revealed. The funeral rituals’ specifics will be revealed in the future.

Harwood, who studied history at the University of Bristol, was born in 1958 in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.

In 1984, she got a temporary position at English Heritage to start her career in architectural restoration. For the remainder of her career, it would serve as her primary workplace.

Her participation in a part-time course on historic building preservation at the Architectural Association increased her understanding of the industry.

She was responsible for formulating most of English Heritage’s post-1945 listed building recommendations from 1996 to 2004. Up until her passing, she kept working for the company under the name of Historic England.

Her work with the Twentieth Century Society, where she was a trustee for many years, was also well recognized.

Harwood wrote several works on modern British architecture, including Brutalist Britain: Buildings of the 1960s and 1970s and Space, Hope, and Brutalism: English Architecture, 1945-1975.

“She was the great and ever enthusiastic chronicler of British post-war architecture,” noted architectural critic Hugh Pearman.

Tributes:

“We are all in shock at the loss of our beloved Elain Harwood. She was one of my best friends and got me involved in C20 in my early 20s. She was the soul and spirit of the Society for so many decades – her unmatched expertise, enthusiasm, and generosity touched every one of us lucky enough to work with her, accompany her on tour, or turn the pages of one of her many books.

I have enormous love and admiration for everything she has done. Studying and celebrating our C20 architectural heritage was her life’s work, and her legacy will be incomparable.

She will be so very, very dearly missed.”