Diana Rowntree
| Diana Rowntree | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1915 |
| Died | 22 August 2008 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Architectural Association School of Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Kenneth Rowntree |
| Practice | Jane Drew's firm |
Diana Rowntree (14 May 1915 – 22 August 2008) was a British architect and architectural writer.
After graduating from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1939, she joined Jane Drew's architecture practice, that at the time worked on a War Office scheme for faux factories designed to divert enemy bombers.
In the mid-1950s Rowntree took on jobs within architectural press, establishing a position as first architectural writer for The Guardian and acting as news editor for the Architectural Design magazine.
In 1964 she wrote Diana's Interior Design: A Penguin Handbook, a pioneering work with an emphasis on minimalist rationality. By the mid-1960s she had resumed her own architectural practice in addition to her writing.
Her husband was painter Kenneth Rowntree, whom she married 1939.
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