Dr Michael Forsyth

Career: architectural practice Toronto 1976-79, res fell Univ of Bristol 1984-90 (lectr 1979-84), dir Plato Consortium Ltd Bath 1985-2002, ptnr Forsyth Chartered Architects Bath 1987-; Univ of Bath: sr visiting lectr 1996-99, MSc dir of studies in Conservation of Historic Buildings 1999-, sr lectr 1999-; awarded: Rome Scholarship in Architecture 1975, nineteenth annual ASCAP Deems Taylor award for books on music; many articles reviews and radio broadcasts; memb: Selection Board Br Sch at Rome 1987-93, Exec Ctee Friends of Bristol Art Gallery 1985-90, Exec Ctee Friends of Victoria Art Gallery Bath 1994-97 (chm 1995-97), Arts and Humanities Research Cncl Peer Review Coll 2009-; assessor Register for AABC 1998-2009; tstee Bath Preservation Tst 2008- (memb Renovations Ctee 1989-98); hon sec Soc of Rome Scholars 1984-89; RIBA 1979, ARCUK 1979

Books and Publications: Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician, and the Listener from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day (1985), Auditoria: Designing for the Performing Arts (1987), Bath: Pevsner Architectural Guide (2003), Understanding Historic Building Conservation (ed, 2007), Structures and Construction in Historic Building Conservation (ed, 2007), Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation (ed, 2007)