abstract:Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, CH, KCVO, RA, RDI (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999), was a British architect, interior designer, artist, and influential writer and broadcaster on 20th-century design. He is particularly noted for his role as director of architecture at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London's South Bank.
RA's reputation between 1966 and 1984 revived during the presidencies of Sir Thomas Monnington and Sir Hugh Casson all presidents are routinely knighted.