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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (Hampstead, 9 novembre 1880 – Londra, 8 febbraio 1960) è stato un architetto e designer inglese. Proveniente da una famiglia di architetti, conosciuto principalmente per la realizzazione di importanti costruzioni quali la Cattedrale di Liverpool , il Waterloo Bridge e la Battersea Power Station , e per aver ...
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.
WorkPlaceDateSt Botolph's ChurchCarlton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire1896–97Liverpool1903–60Nanfans (private house)Prestwood, Buckinghamshire1903Chapel in London Road1905–0622 apr 2024 · Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (born Nov. 9, 1880, London, Eng.—died Feb. 8, 1960, London) was an English architect who designed numerous public buildings in the eclectic style of simplified historical modes often termed 20th-century traditionalism.
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6 feb 2024 · Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1880 -1960. Giles barely knew his father and recalled meeting him only twice. The only decision George took concerning his son’s future was to send him to Beaumont – a Jesuit school in Windsor – as he approved of J.F. Bentley’s design of the school buildings.
From power stations to telephone boxes, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s designs have become emblems of 20th century London. Born in the city in 1880 to a family of architects – Scott’s grandfather designed the imposing Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station – he developed his own eclectic style that fused elements of Modernism with the Neo ...
Scott, Giles Gilbert 1880 - 1960. 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).
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of Waterloo Bridge, Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral and the nation’s classic red telephone boxes, dressed the engineers’ steel frame in the highest quality...
