Roland Wedgwood RSA 08/11/1929-2011

Harold Roland Wedgewood, generally known as Roland, was born in Sussex on 8 November 1929. He left school at 15 and went on to study for a diploma in architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London. For three years post-graduation, he worked at the Building Research Establishment on modular co-ordination and colour. Later, he lectured on the subject of colour and published articles in the Architect Yearbook on modular coordination.

After serving as a Second Lieutenant in his years of National Service, Wedgewood returned to the UK and in 1963, opened his own practice. His practice undertook a large amount of work on historic buildings.

He became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1986 and Academician in 2005.