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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.
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was an English architect who designed numerous public buildings in the eclectic style of simplified historical modes often termed 20th-century traditionalism. Like his famous grandfather, Sir George Gilbert Scott, he was primarily a church builder, his greatest individual.
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Feb 6, 2024 · Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 -1960) a great architect advocating a ‘middle’ of tradition & modernity. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott features on the British passport.
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 was the third generation of his family to enter the architectural profession: his grandfather, Sir George Gilbert Scott, designed the controversial, High Gothic Albert Memorial, while his father George Gilbert Scott Jr. was famous for a series of churches in London and Yorkshire that bridged Victorian gothic and the arts ...
Quick Reference. (1880–1960). English architect, one of the more eminent of the first half of C20. The son of ‘Middle’ Scott, he was articled to the latter's pupil, Temple Moore, and was profoundly affected by the work of both men.
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Gilbert Scott was an architect who designed numerous public buildings. Like his famous grandfather, Sir George Gilbert Scott, he was primarily a church builder, his greatest individual commission being for the new Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
