Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) and Edward Owen Griffith (1868–1931)
Giles Gilbert Scott was born in Hampstead, London, on 9 November 1880. He came from a long architectural tradition. His father was the architect George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (1839-1897) and his grandfather was the architect George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878). Furthermore, his younger brother, Adrian Gilbert Scott (1882-1963), became an architect as did his son, Richard Gilbert Scott. On leaving school in 1899 Giles Gilbert Scott was articled to the Temple Lushington Moore (1856-1920) for three years. He also worked as an assistant to Thomas Garner (1839-1906). Scott shot to fame in 1903 when, at the age of 22, he won the competition to design Liverpool's new Anglican Cathedral. The same year he set up in private practice. He subsequently designed numerous religious buildings usually in his own interpretation of the Gothic style.
Architectural projects by Scott included: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral (1903-1980, completed twenty years after his death), the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation in Bournemouth, England (1905-06), the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Maughold in Ramsay, Isle of Man (1909-12), the Anglican Church of Saint Paul in Stoneycroft, Liverpool (1913-16), Charthouse School Chapel in Godalming, England (1922-27), Memorial Court, Clare College, Cambridge, Ampleforth Abbey and College in Ampleforth, England (1922-60), Whitelands College in Putney, London (1929-31), Battersea Power Station (with J. Theo Halliday, 1930-34), Cambridge University Library (1930-33), the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Oban, Scotland (1931-51), Waterloo Bridge (with engineers Rendal, Palmer & Tritton, 1934-35), an annex to Bodleian Library in Oxford, England (1935-46), the Electricity House Building in Bristol, England (1935-51), and Bankside Power Station (now the Tate Britain art gallery) in London (1947-60). In addition, Scott designed the iconic Model K6 red telephone box (1935).
Scott was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1912 and was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (PRIBA) in 1933-35. He was knighted for his services to architecture in 1924. Scott died in London on 8 February 1960.
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