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Gerald John Melling (1943 – 22 December 2012) was an English-born Architect Poet Novelist Journalist Author and Editor.Gerald Melling came to his craft by an unconventional route and he brings his unique brand of Liverpudlian humour and a fair measure of Beatles’-style anti-establishmentarianism to the poetic little buildings he nurtures.He wrote his first novel before he was even 20 years olda free and restless spirit who has pursued his passions for architecture literature and journalism for more than four decades.Also one of the most controversial speaker of his time he is witty and at times his caustic comments may have offended many.Nobody’s soldier that was a word to describe Gerald Melling.He believed low cost housing did not have to be drab and dull but instead could be innovative and inspirational.In 2010 he told The Dominion Post: ‘‘I wanted to show that architects could work on a modest level.