Basic Biographical Details Name: | Gardner & Millar | Designation: | | Born: | 1905 | Died: | 1912 | Bio Notes: | Alexander McInnes Gardner was born at New Kilpatrick on 21 September 1878, the son of Robert Gardner, bleach work warehouseman, and his wife Jane McInnes. He was articled to A Lindsay Miller of Glasgow in 1893, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art and winning a number of prizes and medals. In 1898 he left Lindsay Miller to work with Malcolm Stark in the Glasgow office of Stark & Rowntree as an assistant. Stark's failing health and descent into alcoholism caused the partnership to be dissolved in 1899, and Gardner moved to the office of James Miller. After two years there he re-joined Fred Rowntree in London, and after a further two years he returned to work again for James Miller in Glasgow, where he commenced practice on his own account in 1905 at 144 St Vincent Street, Glasgow in partnership with Thomas Andrew Millar, whom he had met in James Miller's office. Millar was born in 1880, educated at Glasgow Academy, articled to Baird & Thomson from 1898 to 1902 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and Alexander McGibbon. He then went on a study tour of Italy for four months and returned to become a draughtsman in James Miller's office. Whilst there he made two visits to Spain, Gardner spending two months studying in Italy in autumn 1910.
Both partners were admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. In addition to their known works, Millar's nomination papers mention 'a considerabal [sic] amount of remodelling of commercial property in Glasgow'. The partnership was amicably dissolved in 1912. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 144, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1905 | 1912(?) | |
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