Albert Victor Heal was born in Colchester, Essex, England in 6 May 1887. After working in the office of Rattie & Kett, a building firm in Cambridge from 1904 to 1906, he was articled to George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) and Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875-1932) from 1906 to 1913. He began working as an assistant to Richard Creed (1846?-1914) in London in 1913 and following the death of Creed on 1914 he took over his practice. Heal evidently served with distinction during World War One as he was awarded a Military Cross. In 1919 he formed a partnership with Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875-1932). The partnership was dissolved in 1924 and Heal then worked independently until the 1950s when he formed a partnership with Richard Vernon Smith (1886-1868?) and others as Victor Heal & Partners.
Heal was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1914 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1927. He died in Hendon, Middlesex in 1975.
Architectural projects by Heal included All Saints Church in Southsea, Hampshire, with Cecil Greenwood Hare (1922); alterations to Lazard's Bank in London, with Gunton & Gunton (1926); St Mark's Church in Camberwell, London (1931); offices of Higginson & Co, at Cornhill and Lombard Street, London (1932); Euston House, the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on Seymour Street, London, with William Henry Hamlyn (1932); Fielden House on Little College Street, London (1936); and Roborough House in Plymouth, Devon (1941).
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001