He attended Enfield Grammar School[1] and studied architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic.
[1] Following Walter Gropius's move to the United States in 1937, Howe oversaw the construction of Impington Village College.
[2] At the outbreak of the World War II, he worked with Holland, Hannen & Cubitts for the Royal Ordnance factories at Wrexham and Ranskill.
[1] He then joined Arcon in 1944 as associate partner, and worked on the design of the Mark 4 prefabricated house,[2] of which 41,000 were later built.
[1] Among his clients were Chubb, for whom he designed the Chubb cash dispenser MD2, which won him the 1969 Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design,[3] Associated Electrical Industries,[1] Thermos, Morphy Richards and Heals.