Basic Biographical Details Name: | Stewart Kaye | Designation: | | Born: | 1885 | Died: | 17 February 1952 | Bio Notes: | Stewart Kaye was born c.1888, educated at Grove Academy and the Technical College and University in Dundee. He served his articles with Maclaren & Soutar and in 1905 moved to become an assistant with George Rivell in Alnwick. Thereafter he moved to the office of George W B Rees in Cardiff and then to that of J E Rickards in London. In 1905 he made a study tour to Holland and Belgium and in the following year to Italy. His RIBA obituary claims that he began practising on his own account in 1913, and he was presumably the Stewart Kaye described as 'of Dunfermline' who designed the YMCA Institute, Rosyth of 1915.
He served in the Royal Scots and later in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. He passed the Special War Examination in 1920 and was elected ARIBA later that year, his proposers being Alexander Lorne Campbell, John Wilson and Harold O Tarbolton. He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Between the wars Kaye had one of the larger Edinburgh commercial practices, working in what was at times a somewhat strident Art Deco manner. He succeeded to the practice of Robert Macfarlane Cameron on the latter's death in 1921, and about 1936 took ____ Walls into partnership. Kaye became consuting architect to the Presbytery of East Lothian and to the Halifax Building Society.
The practice virtually closed during the Second World War when Kaye became assistant Director of Emergency Works in Scotland, but re-opened after the war. By that date he was in indifferent health and apparently conscious of being out of fashion. Late in 1951, by which date he was in partnership with his son, Kaye invited Colin McWilliam, then just arrived in Edinburgh from the British School in Rome, to assist with the design work as and when his duties with the National Buildings Record allowed.
Stewart Kaye died suddenly on 17 February 1952, leaving £13,360 16s 19d. The arrangement with McWilliam lapsed shortly thereafter. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 26, Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private/business | c. 1914 | | Presumably office and house before practising in Dunfermline? | | 30, West Maitland Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1920 | c. 1926 | | | 16, Rutland Square, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1921 | | | | 14, Hill Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | c. 1922 | After 1950 | | | 5, Wester Coates Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | Before 1934 | | | | 13, Thistle Street, West End, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1951 | | |
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1912 | Arcade and shops | Cowdenbeath | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1913 | YMCA buildings | Ayr | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Won competition | | 1914 | Naval Institute | Invergordon | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | | | 1915 | Sailors' Institute | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1915 | Young Men's Christian Association Institute | Rosyth | | Fife | Scotland | Presumably this Stewart Kaye | | 1919 | Brucefield Housing Scheme | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | To design 20 four-apartment houses | | 1919 | Factory | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1920 | Engineering Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1926 | Hawthornden Castle | Lasswade | | Midlothian | Scotland | Heating and electric lighting | | 1927 | Gogarburn Home for Mental Defectives | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Won competition to secure job - administration block and first ward blocks built | | 1928 | Block A, 2-8 Cockburn Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations and additions | | 1928 | Edinburgh Evening News Building | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Reconstruction of previous building | | 1932 | East Pilton Housing Estate, layout and phase 1 | East Pilton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Houses in phase 1 | | 1932 | East Pilton housing estate, phase 2 | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1933 | Parsons Green Housing Estate | Parsons Green | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1934 | Carrick Knowe Housing Estate | Carrick Knowe | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1934 | Silverknowes Housing Estate | Silverknowes | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | Before 1934 | St George's Free Church | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Internal renovation | | Before 1934 | Yester Parish Church | Yester | | East Lothian | Scotland | Restoration and renovation | | 1936 | Crewe Road North, Crewe Road Gardens Housing | | | Edinburgh | | (East side) Stewart Kaye and City Architect, 1936 - 1937 | | 1936 | East Pilton housing estate, phase 3 (Granton) | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1936 | Lothian House | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Superseded Lorimer and Matthew for designing complex including cinema. | | 1936 | West Pilton Housing Scheme | West Pilton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | In conjunction with Ebeneezer MacRae as City Architect | | 1937 | 400 Queensferry Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1937 | Bungalows, Craigcrook Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1937 | Bungalows, Hillpark | Craigcrook | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1937 | Colinton Mains Housing Estate | Colinton Mains | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1937 | Learmonth Court | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Red brick extension at rear | | 1937 | West End, Shandwick Place and Rutland Street junction with shops, cinema and hotel | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1938 | Broomhouse Housing Estate | Broomhouse | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1938 | Flatted housing, Learmonth Avenue | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Continued post-war 1946-48 | | 1939 | Cardboard box factory | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1939 | Lothian House | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Offices and showrooms for H M Office of Works to be added | | c. 1946 | Bonaly Tower | Colinton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Conversion to flats (actually Stewart Kaye & Partners) | | 1948 | Grant & Company Limited. Garscube Road | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1951 | Church at Carrick Knowe | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1951 | Multistorey Office Block, West End | West End | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | Before 1952 | Southhouse Church | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Johnston, W T | 2003 | Artists of Scotland | | Officina Publications CDROM | | | Kaye, Stewart | 1939 | Building Development in Edinburgh | | in 'Studies in the Development of Edinburgh', pp18-22 | | | RCAHMS | 1999 | Homebuilders: Mactaggart & Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry | | RCAHMS | p 52, 74-9, 82, 89, 97, 114 | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 18 May 1951 | | | p719 | | Builder | 29 February 1952 | v182 | | p322 - obituary | | RIAS Quarterly | May 1952 | 88 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | Obituary | | RIBA Journal | June 1952 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p230 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Personal information from Colin McWilliam | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no 3217 (Micrifilm reel 25) |
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