James Cubitt & Partners was founded in London, England in 1949 by Australian-born architect and sculptor James William Archibald Cubitt (1914-1983) together with fellow Architectual Association graduates Thomas William Fello Atkinson (1919-1982), Stefan Buzás (1915-2008) and Richard Macleod Maitland (1917-1976).
In 1967 the firm was renamed James Cubitt Fello Atkinson & Partners. It is now (2022) James Cubitt Group
Early work by the practice included the South African Travel Centre and offices for Quantas Airways at 70 and 69 Piccadilly, London (1951). During the 1950s, Cubitt opened offices in Ghana, Nigeria, Burma, Libya and Malaysia where they designed several academic institutions and schools. Other projects by the firm in which James Cubitt was involved include Churchill College, Cambridge (1959); two schools for disabled children in Putney, London (1960-62); St. Anthony's College, Oxford (1961); flats and houses for Harlow New Town in Essex (1961-65); homes for the elderly in Islington and Stoke Newington, London (1962-67); Highbury Secondary Modern School in London (1964-66); the redevelopment of the Nsukka Campus, University of Nigeria (1971); and a series of buildings for the University of Garyounis, Bezghazi, Libya (1974-78). Later clients of Cubit have included Condé Nast Publications, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Warner Lambert Pharmaceuticals, Coca Cola, Cummins Engine Company Ltd., Mobil Oil, and Shell Oil.
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