Architects

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Thomas Smith Cordiner

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Architect

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13/12/1902

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24/11/1965

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Thomas Smith Cordiner was born on 13 December 1902, the son of Aubrey Cordiner, restaurateur and his wife Elizabeth Allan. He was articled to James Lindsay of Glasgow in January 1920, studying at Glasgow High School and Glasgow School of Architecture. In April 1925 he left Lindsay to join Wright & Wylie as a draughtsman. He passed the Senior Certificate course at the School of Architecture in June 1927, passed the RIBA qualifying exam in Edinburgh in July 1928, and was admitted ARIBA later that year, without proposers. He remained with the Wylie firm until 1932 when he commenced practice on his own account, and was elected FRIBA on 11 January 1949, proposed by Edward Grigg Wylie, George Ferguson Shanks and Walter Underwood, all of whom were then partners in the Wylie practice. At that time he was practising from 261 West George Street and living at 26 Midlothian Drive, Glasgow.

Cordiner was re-elected president of the Glasgow Institute of Architects on 10 April 1957. He was elected president of the RIAS in 1961.

Cordiner (along with Sam Bunton [400802], was appointed as an architectural consultant to the Direct Labour Dept by Glasgow Corporation to prepare plans for multi-storey flats in 1960.

Cordiner was married to Margaret Violet Gillanders McLean. He died of lung cancer on 24 November 1965 at Mearnskirk Hospital, leaving moveable estate of £53,764 19s 6d. His practice was continued by his son, Thomas O M Cordiner. His brother Albert Dick Cordiner (born 1905) was also an architect.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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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
26 Midlothian Drive Shawlands Glasgow Scotland	Private
124 Haggs Road Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
261 West George Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	Before 1935	1950
261 West George Street Glasgow, C2 Scotland	Business	Before 1949	After 1957
Blythswood Chambers West George Street Blythswood Glasgow Scotland	Business	1951

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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
James Lindsay	200132	1920/01	1925/04	Apprentice
Wright & Wylie	202989	1925/04	In year 1928	Draughtsman
Wylie, Wright & Wylie	203310	In year 1928	In year 1932	Draughtsman
Thomas Cordiner & Partners	401834			Partner

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

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Jeffrey Rowbotham	403517	1941/06	1943/09	Apprentice
Elizabeth Bell Ramsay (nÃ©e McLaren)	400717	In year 1941		Apprentice
Peter Lamont Burnside Borthwick	400695	In year 1943	In year 1951	Apprentice
James Boyne Watson	207013	In year 1947	After 1954	Senior Assistant
Douglas Gordon McKellar Adam	403411	In year 1951	In year 1952	Assistant Architect
Peter Lamont Burnside Borthwick	400695	In year 1954	In year 1957	Assistant
Richard Rudolphe Chitham De'Ath	400597	Mid 1945s	Mid 1945s		2 months\' summer work while student
Richard Rudolphe Chitham De'Ath	400597	Mid 1946s	Mid 1946s		2 months\' summer work while student

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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
Edward Grigg Wylie	200762	1949/01/11	for Fellowship
George Ferguson Smellie Shanks	204055	1949/01/11	for Fellowship
Walter Underwood	204057	1949/01/11	for Fellowship

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

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
Peter Lamont Burnside Borthwick	1949/11/27	for Associateship
Allan Barrowman Wilson	1952/10/07	For Licentiateship
Richard Rudolphe Chitham De'Ath	1953/01	for Associateship
Samuel McColl (sometimes misspelt MacColl)	1954/02/02	for Fellowship
James Boyne Watson	1954/03/02	For Licentiateship

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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
Philips Lighting Hamilton Factory	After 1932	Hamilton	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Factory for Messrs MacLean's Metal Windows Ltd	After 1932	Cadzow	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Terrace of four shops, Old Luss Road	In year 1935	Helensburgh	Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Unexecuted proposals
St Joseph's College	In year 1936	Lochwinnoch	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Conversion of Garthland to college
St Winning's RC Church	In year 1937	Kilwinning	Glasgow	Scotland
Notre Dame (New) Girls' High School	In year 1938	Dowanhill	Glasgow	Scotland	Building work interrupted - resumed after the War
St Joseph's College	In year 1943	Lochwinnoch	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Chapel added
Old Bishopton House	In year 1945	Bishopton	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Addition to north?
St Brendan's RC Church	In year 1947	Knightswood	Glasgow	Scotland
Mure Memorial Church	In year 1947	Baillieston	Glasgow	Scotland	Conversion to home for the elderly
Philips Lighting Hamilton Factory	In year 1947	Hamilton	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Factory Extension. Cordiner acting for Scottish Industrial Estates Limited
Premises, Duke Street	In year 1947		Glasgow	Scotland
Church Halls, Kelso Street	In year 1947		Glasgow	Scotland
New Church Halls Wallacewell Road	In year 1947		Glasgow	Scotland
Church Halls, Greenrig Street	In year 1948		Glasgow	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan	Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland	1994	Yale University Press: New Haven and London	p243, p244p381, Gazetteer 2
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951	1950	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
Glendinning, Miles	Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75	1997	Tuckwell Press Ltd	p4 Notre Dame School; Lourdes Schoolp5 Immaculate Conception Church, Glasgowp175-6 Lourdes Schoolp176-7 Notre Dame High School

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Glasgow Herald	1965/11/27	*	obituary - 5d
Builder	1953/08/14		p264
Builder	1952/11/07		p688
Builder	1953/06/12		p933
Builder	1951/11/16		p697
Builder	1952/11/21		p768
Builder	1953/05/22		p812
Builder	1950/6/30		p889
Builder	1952/12/12		p892
Builder	1950/4/7		p472
Builder	1957/01/11		p121
Builder	1951/8/3		p166
Builder	1957/04/26		p775
Builder	1952/08/01		p180
Builder	1952/06/06		p865

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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			A no4234 (combined box 2); F no4421 (combined box 13)

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