Hal Higgins
A graduate of both the Architectural Association and the School of Planning and Regional Research, Hal Higgins (1926-2011) established Higgins Ney & Partners with Peter Ney in 1954. Having won a private house commission in Hampstead, the pair launched the uncompromisingly modern style that was to become their trademark. They went on to build a house in Highgate that was listed at Grade II in 2006, and another in West Sussex that is mentioned by Pevsner. They also carried out a number of high-density, low-rise housing schemes, including the ‘High-Deck’ design in Fulham, which received a Civic Trust award in 1970. From 1986, Hal Higgins was Chairman of Higgins Gardner & Partners, which focused on the adaptation or alteration of historic buildings. Notable was his design for the Bank of England Museum, which accurately reinstated Sir John Soane’s Bank Stock Office.