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William Joseph Haywood (1877-1957) was born in Ingleby Street Ladywood on 2 November 1877. He was an architect, university lecturer on town planning, and co-founder and secretary (1918–1947) of The Birmingham Civic Society. In 1918 he wrote an influential essay on The Development of Birmingham with a forward by Neville Chamberlain. According to a new (November 2026) article and detailed review by Jon Neale in The Birmingham Dispatch "his plans... were both bold and fantastical but they helped shape the modern city..." (Link here).
From 1895 to 1898 he studied at Birmingham School of Art where he was awarded the Pugin Scholarship in 1897. He was also a Middlemore Scholar in 1897, and was a Queen's Prizeman in 1897 and received the John Henry Chamberlin Medal in 1899. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1908 and 1915. He later went into partnership with the Arts and Crafts specialist Herbert Buckland and his architectural achievements are summarised here.
Hayward's proposal for the design of an entrance to New Street Station. From his 1918 Development of Birmingham
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