John Hidalgo Moya [commonly known as Hidalgo Moya,, and as "Jacko" Moya] was born in Los Gatos, California on 5 May 1920 and moved to England as a small child. In 1938 he entered the Architectural Association Schools in London. He subsequently obtained his diploma at the AA and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA). in 1946, with Philip Powell (1921-2003), whom he had met at the AA, and Powell's brother, Michael Powell (1916-1971), he formed the architectural partnership Powell & Moya in London.
In 1950 Michael Powell left the practice to join London County Council Architects as Assistant Housing Architect.
Despite differences in temperament, Powell and Moya worked closely together on all projects. In 1961 Robert Henley and Peter Skinner entered the partnership. They were joined by John Cantwell and Bernard Throp in 1976, and the practice became Powell, Moya & Partners.
Moya retired from the practice in 1990, followed by Powell in 1991. He died in Hastings, Sussex on 3 August 1994
In 1946 Powell & Moya won a competition-winning commission to rebuild a large area of war-damaged housing in Pimllico, London. The project was developed in stages and eventually completed in 1962. Subsequent projects by the practice included Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, Sussex (1950–61); the Skylon at the South Bank, London for the Festival of Britain (1951); Mayfield School in West Putney, London (1956); Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire (1958–66); Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire (1961-72); Wycombe General Hospital in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (1966-75); Cripps Building, St John’s College, Cambridge (1967); Blue Boar Quad, Christ Church, Oxford (1968); with Takaki and Dodd, the British Pavilion, Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan (1970); Plumstead Manor School in Woolwich, London (1973); Wolfson College, Oxford (1974); Museum of London (1976); dining rooms at Eton College (1974–76); headquarters of London and Manchester Assurance in Exeter, Devon (1978); National Westminster Bank at Shaftesbury Avenue, London (1982); the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London (1986); and the redevelopment of the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London (1990-94).
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See also:
British Listed Buildings - 45 listed buildings by Powell & Moya [Link below]
Historic England - 47 entries on Powell & Moya [Link below]
UK Modern House - 12 buildings by Powell & Moya [Link below]
RIBApix! - over 700 images of work by Powell & Moya [Link below]
‘Chichester Festival Theatre’. Architects’ Journal vol. 136, no. 1§, 1962 pp. 25-40
Clifford, H. Dalton. ‘A house that surveys the Weald’. Clifford, H. Dalton. ‘A house that surveys the Weald’.
Levey, Michael. ‘3 new art galleries’. Architectural Design vol. 38, October 1968 pp. 483-489 [Discusses a new art gallery designed by Powell & Moya for Christ Church College, Oxford]
‘Cripps Building, St John’s College, Cambridge’. Architectural Review [London] vol. 142, no. 847, 1967 pp. 181-188
Harwood, Elain. Mid-Century Britain. Modern Architecture 1938-1963. London: Batsford, 2021
Hitchcock, Henrry-Russell. ‘Pimlico’. Architectural Review [London] vol. 114, no. 681, 1953 pp. 176-184 [Housing at Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, London designed by Powell & Moya]
Mills, Edward David. The New Architecture in Britain 1946-1953. London: The Standard Catalogue Co., 1953 [Discusses two houses in Chichester, Sussex designed by Powell & Moya pp. 55-62]
Powell, Kenneth. Powell & Moya. London: RIBA Publishing, 2009
Powell, Kenneth. ‘Powell & Moya: the first fifty years’. Architects’ Journal 4 July 1966 pp. 27-58
Powell Moya and Partners. London : Powell Moya, 1989.
Powell, Philip. ‘Architects’ approach to architecture’. Ryoal Institute of British Architects vol. 73, March 1966 pp. 116-127 [Philip Powell discusses Churchill Gardens in Pimlico, London designed by his practice Powell & Moya]
Webb, Michael. Architecture in Britain Today. London: Country Life, 1969