Jonathan Hill
Born(1958-06-17)17 June 1958
England
Died1 November 2023(2023-11-01) (aged 65)
London, England
Other namesJonathan Michael Hill
OccupationArchitectural historian
Years active20th–21st century
Known forDirectorship of the Architectural Design MPhil/PhD programme at UCL
TitleProfessor of Architecture and Visual Theory[1]
SpouseIzabela Wieczorek[2]
ParentGeorge Hill
Academic background
Alma materArchitectural Association School of Architecture; University College London
ThesisCreative users, illegal architects (2000)
Academic work
DisciplineArchitecture
Sub-disciplineArchitectural history
InstitutionsThe Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Notable worksWeather Architecture (2012)
Websiteucl.ac.uk/bartlett

Jonathan Hill (1958–2023) was an English architect, architectural historian, and book author/editor.[2]

Jonathan Hill received a Diploma from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1983, a Master of Science degree from University College London in 1990, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 2000.[1]

Hill joined University College London, part of the University of London, England, in 1989. He was Professor of Architecture and Visual Theory in the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. He led the Architecture MArch PG12 studio and was director of the Architectural Design MPhil/PhD programme, the first such programme to be established in the United Kingdom.[2]

Jonathan Hill published a number of books including:[3]

  • The Illegal Architect (1998)
  • Actions of Architecture: Architects and Creative Users (Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-1134437054)
  • Drawing Research (2006)
  • Immaterial Architecture (Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0415363242)
  • Weather Architecture (Routledge, 2012, ISBN 978-0415668613)[4][5]
  • A Landscape of Architecture, History and Fiction (Routledge, 2015, ISBN 978-1138852297)
  • The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Routledge, 2019 ISBN 978-0429429644)

Hill edited the following books:

  • Architecture: The Subject is Matter (Routledge, 2001, ISBN 978-0415235457
  • Occupying Architecture: Between the Architect and the User (Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0203983829)

He was also series co-editor of the Design Research in Architecture book series published by Ashgate.[6]

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