Basic Biographical Details

Name: Basil Zaleg Gillinson
Designation:  
Born: 29 June 1925
Died: February 2001
Bio Notes: Basil Zaleg Gillinson was born on 29 June 1925. He studied at Leeds School of Architecture from 1941 to 1943, and continued with a diploma course at the College of Art from 1947 to 1951. He spent three weeks in Italy in 1948, six weeks in Spain and France in 1949, and in the latter year also worked for six months in the office of Charlton & Crowther of Leeds. He commenced practice in 1951 and was admitted ARIBA in 1952. He was elevated to FRIBA on 10 April 1963. His proposers' names on his nomination papers appear indecipherable, but the papers do reveal that he had designed 60 shops throughout the British Isles between 1951 and 1956, as well as 12 warehouses for the Association of British Food in 1961. By that time he was working in partnership with Clifford Henry Barnett and Robert Allen as B Z Gillinson, C H Barnett & R Allen. The firm had become Gillinson Barnett & Partners by 1970.

Gillinson died in Leeds in February 2001.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 28, Queen Square, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, EnglandBusiness1963 *  
Item 2 of 2104, Alwoodley Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, EnglandPrivate1963 *  

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 2B Z Gillinson, C H Barnett and R Allen1960 * Partner 
Item 2 of 2Gillinson Barnett & Partners1970 * Partner 

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 31960Kersiebank Avenue Housing and Shopping Centre, GrangemouthGrangemouth StirlingshireScotlandreceived joint 2nd prize for design no. 42 per Builder p408
Item 2 of 31963Coopers supermarkets   Scotland 
Item 3 of 31968Coopers supermarketEast Kilbride LanarkshireScotland 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1RIBA1970RIBA Directory 1970   

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers F no5619 (combined box 91)