Basic Biographical Details Name: | Gordon David Diack | Designation: | Architect | Born: | 8 February 1914 | Died: | 16 June 1981 | Bio Notes: | Gordon David Diack was born on 8 February 1914, the son of William Diack, grocer's shop assistant, and his wife, Lily David; his relationship to Aberdeen architect-engineer Alexander Ellis Diack, if any, is not known. He studied at the School of Architecture, Robert Gordon's Colleges from September 1931, interspersing three years' full-time study with three years' part-time classes whilst an apprentice in the office of Rollo & Hall. He obtained his diploma on 19 June 1937 and was appointed junior assistant to Rollo & Hall in the same month. He was admitted ARIBA on 9 May 1938, his proposers being Robert Leslie Rollo, John Gibb Marr and James Brown Nicol.
Diack remained in Aberdeen thereafter and subsequently became a partner with Jenkins & Marr. He left the practice in 1971, and died on 16 June 1981, survived by his wife Helen Cruickshank Hendry and a stepson who lived in Inverbervie. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this architect: | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 358, King Street, Aberdeen, Scotland | Private | 1938 * | | |  | 41, Salisbury Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1950 * | 1981 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this architect (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes |  | Jenkins & Marr | | 1971 | Partner | |  | Rollo & Hall | After 1932 | Before 1937 | Apprentice | For three years |  | Rollo & Hall | June 1937 | | Junior Assistant | |
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this architect for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes |  | John Gibb Marr | 9 May 1938 | for Associateship |  | James Brown Nicol | 9 May 1938 | for Associateship |  | Robert Leslie Rollo | 9 May 1938 | for Associateship |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this architect: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p92 |  | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this architect: | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes |  | H M Register House | Death Register | | |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no6773 (combined box 159) |  | School of Architecture, Garthdee, Aberdeen, RGIT: former pupils, 1937-1970 | Galletly, James | | |
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