Architects

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Robert Barr Rankin

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Architect

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06/12/1924

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31/10/2002

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Robert Barr Rankin was born on 12 June 1924, the son of Daniel Henry Rankin, template maker and his wife Sarah Barr. In September 1947 began the five year diploma course at the School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art. Hewas awarded his diploma in June 1952, sitting the professional practice exams a little later. During his student years he undertook two study tours: the first in August 1948 took him to Paris to study various places of architectural interest and the second was in September 1949 in Italy where he visited Venice, Florence, Perugia, Assisi and Rome. He was admitted ARIBA in 1953, proposed by James Taylor, Colonel George Hunter Gardner-McLean and Professor William James Smith.

From 1953-54 he had the post of assistant in the practice of Sam Bunton & Associates, transferring in the latter year to Blackburn (Dumbarton) Ltd, Castle Road, Dumbarton, a firm of contractors mainly employed on Local Authority and private housing, but with some industrial and commercial work. He remained with Blackburn until 1960 when he would seem to have set up business on his own account in Ayr. By 1970 the practice also had a branch in Glasgow. He was elected FRIBA on 22 July 1970, proposed by John Ewing Murray, Jack Coia and Archibald Macintosh Doak.

In 1970 he had a variety of work in hand, mainly housing and community service buildings for Local Authorities, and new churches. As principal he was responsible for all work in the Ayr and Glasgow offices, but was supported by two qualified associates and five architectural assistants. He did not want to expand the practice any further as he wanted to retain the responsibility for all major aspects of each commission.

He died in a care home in his home town of in Ayr on 31 October 2002, survived by his wife Margaret Stirling Martin and their two sons, Ian and David.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
20 Ruthven Street Hillhead Glasgow Scotland	Private
31 Midton Road Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private
5 Victoria Park Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
3 Cathcart Street Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Business	Before 1964	After 1970
70 Wellington Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1970
180 West Regent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1979	After 1981

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
Sam Bunton & Associates	400802	In year 1953	In year 1954	Assistant
Blackburn (Dumbarton), Ltd	401535	In year 1954	In year 1960	Architect
Robert B Rankin & Associates	401661	In year 1970		Partner

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
James Taylor	203892	1953/01/06	For Associateship
(Colonel) George Hunter Gardner-McLean	202378	1953/01/06	For Associateship
(Professor) William James Smith	201070	1953/01/06	For Associateship
John Ewing Murray	400496	1970/07/22	For Fellowship
Jack Antonio Coia	200542	1970/07/22	For Fellowship
Archibald Macintosh Doak	203472	1970/07/22	For Fellowship

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
212 units of housing	In year 1961	Barassie, Troon	Ayrshire	Scotland
Premises of Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Madeira Street	In year 1961	Greenock	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Addition of welfare block, offices and workshops
Scotts Shipyard, welfare block, offices and workshops	In year 1961	Greenock	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Baptist Church Halls	In year 1962	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Baptist Church	In year 1962	Cumbernauld	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Baptist Church	In year 1962		Glasgow	Scotland
Baptist Church	In year 1962		Glasgow	Scotland
Baptist Church	In year 1962	East Kilbride	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Baptist Church	In year 1962	Bathgate	West Lothian	Scotland	One of 5 churches for Baptist Union
Baptist Church	In year 1965	New Cumnock	Ayrshire	Scotland
High and low rise housing, Slaemuir, Boglestone and Bay Area and central area redevelopment	In year 1965	Port Glasgow	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Maisonettes and Medical Centre	In year 1965	Helensburgh	Dunbartonshire	Scotland
Abbot Engineering Factory and Offices	In year 1965	Paisley	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Youth Centre and Library	In year 1965	Duntocher	Dunbartonshire	Scotland
Youth Centre and library	In year 1965	Clydebank	Dunbartonshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Part
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970
Municipal Annual	Scottish Municipal Annual	1964	1964-1965
RIBA	Directory of Practices 1981	1981

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			Rankin: A no 14439, F no7169 (Combined Box 176)
Death Register	H M Register House	100027

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