New Zealand Architect, Sir Frederick Miles Warren ONZ KBE FNZIA passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at age 93 at Holly Lea Village.
He was born May 10, 1929 in Christchurch, New Zealand to Jean Warren and Maurice Warren.
Sir Miles Warren was educated at Christ’s College. He apprenticed under Cecil Wood before studying architecture at the University of Auckland, eventually working at the London County Council where he was exposed to British New Brutalism.
Upon returning to Christchurch, and forming the practice Warren and Mahoney, he was instrumental in developing the “Christchurch School” of architecture, an intersection between the truth-to-materials and structural expression that characterised Brutalism, and the low-key, Scandinavian and Japanese commitment to “straightforwardness”.
In 1974 Sir Miles was awarded a CBE and in 1985 a KBE, both for his Services to Architecture.
Sir Miles was given the country’s highest honour in 1995 when he was admitted to the Order of New Zealand. He retired from Warren and Mahoney in the same year but continued to consult as an architect and maintain his historic home and garden at Ohinetahi.
Sir Miles Warren is survived by his nieces and nephews; Sarah, Janet, Charlotte, William, Peter, and Christopher.
A Celebration of Sir Mile’s life will be held in the Christ College Chapel, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 2.00 pm.