Colen Lumley obituary (opens in new tab)

My grandfather Colen Lumley, who has died aged 93, was an architect, critic and painter whose work helped shape postwar Cambridge architecture and civic debate. Though best known as a partner to the modernist architect – who designed the Royal Festival Hall – Colen devoted much of his life to painting, his studio walls gradually wallpapered with life drawings and landscapes.Born in Isleworth, west London, he was the eldest son of Pip (Dorothy, nee Pateman), an artist, and Lesley Lumley, a mas...