| AdminHistory | Sir Bernard Feilden, CBE, FRIBA (11 Sep 1919-14 Nov 2008) was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was educated at Bedford School and the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London. His work in Britain encompassed Norwich Cathedral, York Minster, St Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace and St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. Overseas he advised on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, the Taj Mahal, the Konark Sun Temple and the Great Wall of China. In 1986 Feilden was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his work on the Al-Aqsa mosque's dome. He was appointed OBE in 1969, CBE in 1976 and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1985. |