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Joseph Emberton
Architect
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1889
Year Only
24/09/1925
1956
Joseph Emberton was born in Audsley, Staffordshire in 1889 and practised in London, designing pioneering steel-framed buildings of which Simpson's, Piccadilly (1936) is among the most notable. He died in 1956.

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AddressClassDate From Date From TypeDate ToDate To TypeNotes
London EnglandBusiness

Employment and Training

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NameName LinkDate FromDate ToPositionNotes
Westwood & Emberton204205In year 1922In year 1926Partner

Employees or Pupils

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NameName LinkDate FromDate ToPositionNotes
George Fairweather2047721928 or 1929In year 1930Draughtsman
Gordon Alexander Smart4000911939/031939/08Assistant
Robert Charles Carvell400963In year 1933In year 1938Assistant
John Baillie Noble205239In year 1935In year 1936Assistant
William Fyfe Hendry205051c. 1931c. 1931Assistant

RIBA Proposals

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PersonDate ProposedNotes
John Baillie Noble1936/07/20for Associateship
Alexander Fraser1936/11/30for Associateship
Frederick William Bolton CharlesIn year 1937For Associateship
Gordon Thomas Tait1939/04/03for Associateship
(Sir) Basil Urwin Spence1947/04/15for Fellowship
Robert Charles Carvell1947/05/06For Licentiateship

Buildings and Designs

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Building NameDate StartedTown, District or VillageIslandCity or CountyCountryNotes
Premises for Austin ReedIn year 1926GlasgowScotland
Green\'s PlayhouseIn year 1935DundeeScotlandConsultant for tower
Glasgow Empire Exhibition, British Railway's PavilionIn year 1938GlasgowScotland

References

Bibliographic References

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AuthorTitleDatePublisherPartNotes
British Architectural Library, RIBADirectory of British Architects 1834-19142001
Placzek, Adolf K (ed)Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects1982New York: The Free Press/Macmillan Publishing Company