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Rowand Anderson, Paul & Partners

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30/05/1926

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1934

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1946

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Arthur Forman Balfour Paul ('Baffy' to his friends and to his staff) was born in Edinburgh on 7 August 1875, the son of Sir James Balfour Paul, Lyon King of Arms. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy from 1885 to 1892 and was articled to Sir Robert Rowand Anderson from 1892 to 1896, remaining as a draughtsman until 1897 and studying at the School of Applied Art under Frank Worthington Simon and Stewart Henbest Capper. His travels in these early years included a short sketching tour in Belgium and Holland in 1895 and a three-month tour of England in 1897. In 1898 he obtained a place in John Belcher's office in London, staying there for a year and studying at the LCC School of Art before returning to Edinburgh to commence practice on his own account from home at 30 Heriot Row. Following the dissolution of the Anderson, Simon & Crawford partnership Sir Rowand Anderson invited him to return to his practice as partner in 1903. Paul joined the Edinburgh Architectural Association in the same year and it was on the recommendation of that association and of its President, James Bow Dunn, that he was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911.

The partnership was interrupted by the First World War. Paul was a keen territorial who had joined the London Scottish as a piper when with Belcher. He was commissioned as a major in the Royal Engineers and served with distinction in France, being awarded the MC and the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. Anderson continued the practice, albeit in failing health, with some help from Alexander Lorne Campbell.

Paul resumed partnership in 1919 and became sole partner, Anderson having finally retired: Lorne Campbell was Anderson's executor and he, not Paul, as has been stated, designed the memorial cottage to Lady Anderson at Colinton. Crucially for the practice Paul retained the feuing of the Fettes Trust and Braid estates, providing a flow of business which saw it through a lean period. In 1930 Paul's former assistant William Kininmonth returned to Edinburgh from Lutyens's office. Paul's practice which was then managed by John McClure Anderson, was at a low ebb and he was unable to re-employ him. He did however offer Kininmonth a room in his office. It had only a drawing board and a telephone but it enabled him to form a partnership with his friend and colleague in Lutyens' office, Basil Urwin Spence. In 1930-31 both partners distinguished themselves in competitions, Spence winning the RIBA Silver Medal as the best student in the UK. The Kininmonth & Spence partnership had some success, the income from it being supplemented by teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1934 Paul offered Kininmonth a partnership. Kininmonth felt he had to decline unless Spence was taken into partnership as well. Paul accepted this proposal and the Kininmonth & Spence partnership merged into Paul's as Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners in 1934. By that date business had significantly recovered, enabling them to take on as an assistant Alan Reiach, previously of Lorimer and Matthews's office. The name, Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners, remained until 1946 when Spence left to set up his own practice having been appointed as chief architect to the 'Britain can make it' exhibition. From 1938 Kininmonth and Spence were the only partners, Paul having died on 3 January of that year, leaving a widow Jane Prichard Montgomerie Fleming. In his later years he had moved from his original marital home at 32 Ormidale Terrace to Peffermill House, Craigmillar. His estate amounted to £24,365 18s 10d.

Paul was active in professional matters, serving on the RIBA Council after his election as FRIBA in 1933, for which he was proposed by John Begg, James Alexander Arnott and John Wilson. He was President of the Edinburgh Architectural Association 1934-36, and was President elect of the RIAS when he died.

Kininmonth was awarded the RIBA Diploma in 1931 and was placed second in the Rowand Anderson Silver medal competition. He returned to Edinburgh in 1910 but Paul could not afford to re-employ him. He did, however, offer him a room in his office. It had only a drawings board and a telephone but it enabled him to form a partnership with his friend and colleague in Lutyens' office, Basil Urwin Spence as Kininmonth & Spence in October 1931. It specialised in presentation work for other practices as well as original design work, supplemented by teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. Kininmonth and Spence's practice was immediately successful, Kininmonth's own modernist house at 46A Dick Place (1933) acting as an excellent advertisement. In 1934 Paul offered Kininmonth a partnership but he felt he had to decline unless Spence was taken into partnership as well. Paul accepted this proposal and the Kininmonth & Spence partnership merged into Paul's as Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners. Kininmonth and Spence continued teaching although by that date business had significantly recovered. This arrangement continued until June 1938 when Paul died. From 1939 to 1941 Kininmonth held the post of senior lecturer in design at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1942 he was called up and served with the Royal Engineers in Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy.

On their return from war service Kininmonth and Spence found that there was little work on offer. Spence left the practice in 1946 to found Basil Spence & Partners. Kininmonth continued the Rowand Anderson partnership as Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul.

'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	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
16 Rutland Square Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1934		After 1937

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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
Ian Sinclair Gavin	100552	1934 or 1935	1935 or 1936	Apprentice	For 12 months
(Professor) Edward Walter Rail Waugh	400041	1934/10	1935/10	Assistant
Hamish Eadie Burden	401057	1936/07	1940/09	Apprentice
William Robertson Annan	400023	1937/07	1937/08	Assistant
John Malcolm McClure Anderson	100553	1938/02		Assistant
William Alexander Bruce Robertson	206917	After 1934	In year 1946	Assistant
Alexander ('Sandy') MacCallum (or McCallum) Brown	400339	Before 1946	In year 1946	Apprentice
David Maxtone Craig	100450	In year 1934	After 1937	Chief Draughtsman
John Lyon Gauldie	206156	In year 1934	In year 1935	Apprentice
Arthur Forman Balfour Paul	200058	In year 1934	In year 1938	Partner
(Sir) William Hardie Kininmonth	202942	In year 1934	In year 1946	Partner
(Sir) Basil Urwin Spence	203352	In year 1935	In year 1946	Partner
Philistas Rognvald Howard Stoughton Holbourn	206885	In year 1937	In year 1937	Apprentice	One month\'s office experience during studies
James ('Jim') Ferguson Dickson Dinwoodie	400864	Mid 1930s	In year 1939	Apprentice
William Leslie Roworth	400033	c. 1946			Role unclear

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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
Housing estate for Berwickshire County Council	In year 1932	Burnmouth	Berwickshire	Scotland	Basil Spence and William Hardie Kininmonth as project architects
Murrayfield Golf Clubhouse	In year 1934	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Scotland	Conversion of clubhouse into dwelling house
House for St Katherine's	In year 1934	Liberton	Edinburgh	Scotland
22 Frogston Road West	In year 1934		Edinburgh	Scotland
40-42 Dick Place	In year 1934		Edinburgh	Scotland
Dunedin House	In year 1935		Edinburgh	Scotland
Timber Houses	In year 1935	Forth	Lanarkshire	Scotland
L'Aperitif Restaurant	In year 1935		Edinburgh	Scotland
Falkirk Municipal Buildings	In year 1935	Falkirk	Stirlingshire	Scotland	Unsuccessful competition entry
Unidentified Church	In year 1935			Scotland
Building Exhibition, Waverley Market	In year 1935		Edinburgh	Scotland
Broomhill House	In year 1935		Inverness-shire	Scotland	Addition
57 Oxgangs Road	In year 1935		Edinburgh	Scotland
Upton, 141 Corsebar Road	In year 1935	Paisley	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Liberton House	In year 1935	Liberton	Edinburgh	Scotland	Removal of later additions and restoration

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Glendinning, Miles	Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75	1997	Tuckwell Press Ltd		p1 Night view of the Glasgow Empire Exhibtion - from brochure. ICI Pavilionp12 Site plan and perspective of Timber Housing, Lanarkshirep96-7 Kilsyth Academy

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Notes
Builder	1949/1/21	p109
Builder	1948/9/17	p329
Builder	1949/11/4	p595

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