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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (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. Scott came from a family of architects.
7 de jul. de 2013 · 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 and crafts movement.
6 de abr. de 2018 · Cambridge University Library. The Cambridge University Library has been the main centre of research for Cambridge students since its completion in 1934. The building, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was launched to much public interest. Neville Chamberlain, prime minister at the time, called it a “magnificent erection”.
23 de jun. de 2020 · Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (1880-1960) was the grandson of the famous Victorian architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was responsible for the Albert Memorial and St Pancras station. Giles has to his credit such notable landmarks as Liverpool Cathedral (1902-10), Battersea Power Station (1929), and Waterloo Bridge (completed in 1945 ...
9 de feb. de 2024 · Elizabeth (Betty) Hoare (née Scott), 1915 – 2001. Betty, the granddaughter of George Gilbert Scott, started her career as an actress. Her mother, Alice O’Hara was Australian, brought to Britain by her wealthy father looking to marry his two daughters (her elder sister met her husband in the taxi queue outside Claridges).
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. 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. The construction of this huge Gothic structure, begun in 1904, spanned Scott ...
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s design. In 1924, the London Metropolitan Boroughs ran a competition to find a new design for telephone boxes. They were unhappy with the Post Office’s K1 design, which was bulky and ugly. Giles Gilbert Scott won the competition with his design, which was drawn on a linen sheet sometime between 1924 and 1926.
