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After 2 years of [[National Service]] in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], he moved to London and the [[Architectural Association]], where he completed his training as an architect and was elected an Associate of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] ([[ARIBA]]). He remained in London practicing as an architect and writer for most of his life, where he was a prominent figure in social and architectural circles in the last half of the 20th century.

A large man, Gradidge was an advocate of rational dress, a movement more usually associated with modernists, and had suits tailored in fine cloths that featured jackets and kilts. For much of his life he wore his hair uncut and tied as a plait, and took to tattoos and earrings as early as 1955. While gay, he preferred the term 'pervert'.<ref>A.N. Wilson, The jolly architect who couldn't have fun, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 January 2001. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4258366/The-jolly-architect-who-couldnt-have-fun.html]</ref> According to one memorialist: "With him it was not just a matter of not suffering fools gladly; he was reluctant to suffer anyone gladly."<ref>Alan Powers, 'Roderick Gradidge', ''The Guardian'', 25 January 2001, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/25/guardianobituaries.alanpower]</ref> He was a long-time member of the congregation of the Anglo-Catholic [[St Mary's, Bourne Street]], Belgravia, where his requiem mass was celebrated.

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