Mary Jane Long
She created a series of purpose-built studios for the artists Peter Blake, RB Kitaj, Paul Huxley and Frank Auerbach, later documenting these in a book. In partnership with Rolfe Kentish as the practice Long & Kentish, she focused on designing museums, libraries and galleries, including the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Jewish Museum London in Camden Town and an extension to Pallant House Gallery.
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- Name
- MJ Long
- Birth Name
- Mary Jane Long
- Born
- July 31, 1939
- Birthplace
- Summit, New Jersey
- Education
- Yale University
- Spouse
- Sir Sandy Wilson
- Died
- Mary Jane Long died on 3 September 2018.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- British Library
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages
- English
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She created a series of purpose-built studios for the artists Peter Blake, RB Kitaj, Paul Huxley and Frank Auerbach, later documenting these in a book. In partnership with Rolfe Kentish as the practice Long & Kentish, she focused on designing museums, libraries and galleries, including the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Jewish Museum London in Camden Town and an extension to Pallant House Gallery.
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Mary Jane Long (1939–2018) was an architect, of American nationality. The architect was born in Summit. Mary Jane Long was educated at Smith College, Westmount High School and Yale University.
Among the works is British Library. Languages used include English. Honours include Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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• Name — MJ Long • Birth Name — Mary Jane Long • Born — July 31, 1939 • Birthplace — Summit, New Jersey • Education — Yale University • Spouse — Sir Sandy Wilson • Children — 2 • Practice — Long & Kentish • Significant Buildings — British Library National Maritime Museum Cornwall Pallant House Gallery
Early life and education
Early life and education
• Illustration — The British Library, London. Long was born in Summit, New Jersey. She moved to Montreal, where she attended Westmount High School, graduating first in class in 1956. She studied at Smith College before enrolling on a four-year architecture course at Yale School of Architecture, studying under Paul Rudolph.
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MJ Long was commissioned by RIBA to design the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall.
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It was at Yale that she met Colin St John Wilson (Sandy), and in 1965 joined his newly formed architecture practice in London. The couple married in 1972. She had two children.
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Mary Jane Long was born at Summit.
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- Long, Mary Jane [known as MJ Long] (1939–2018), architect, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2022
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- 1.Peter Carolin. MJ Long obituary. Guardian. 18 September 2018.
- 2.Richard Waite. 'Inspirational' British Library architect MJ Long dies, aged 79. Architects' Journal. 5 September 2018.
- 3.Long, MJ. Artists' studios. Black Dog. 2009. 9781906155728.
- 4.Edwin Heathcote. MJ Long, architect, 1939-2018. Financial Times. 21 September 2018.
- 5.Hopkirk, Elizabeth. MJ Long (1939-2018). Building Design.
- 6.Ewan Harrison. Building of the month: May 2020 – Cornford House, Cambridge. Twentieth Century Society. May 2020.
- 7.Deborah Saunt. M J Long, 1939-2018. Riba Journal. 17 September 2018.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Long, MJ (2003). The architects' story: National Maritime Museum Cornwall. London: Long & Kentish architects. .
- Long, MJ (2009). Artists' studios. London: Black Dog.
- Wilson, Colin St John and MJ Long (2008). Kitaj: the architects. London: Black Dog.
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Long, Mary Jane [known as MJ Long] (1939–2018), architect, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2022Crossref registry
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