Architects

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William Allan Cairns

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Architect

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27/07/1931

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17/05/1926

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2007

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William Allan Cairns was born on 27 July 1931, the son of James Cairns, police constable and his wife Jessie Allan Donald who had married on 1 December 1922 in Stonehaven. He studied at Dundee School of Architecture and was admitted ARIBA in 1955, proposed by William Sinclair Gauldie, Arthur Francis Stevenson Wright and William Finlayson McKenzie and was elected ARIAS in 1961. He joined the practice of Gauldie Hardie Wright & Needham in 1960 as an associate. He became a partner in 1975. The practice then became Gauldie Wright & Partners. He was admitted FRIBA in 1968, proposed by Gauldie, Wright and William Finlayson McKenzie. In his nomination paper Gauldie stated that Cairns was good at liasing with clients and ' the gift of convincing clients without leaving the impression that his opinions have been forced down their throats' and 'clients speak warmly of the conscientous attention they have received'.

He was still with the practice in 1994. He was later a retired FRIAS. The RIAS 'Chartered Architect' indicates he died in 2007.

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

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
95 Craigie Avenue Dundee Scotland	Private
Craigmore/36 Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
2 Osborne Place, Magdalen Yard Road Dundee Scotland	Business	1984

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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
Gauldie, Hardie, Wright & Needham	205830	In year 1960		Associate
Gauldie, Hardie, Wright & Needham	205830	In year 1975		Partner
Gauldie Wright & Partners	400207	In year 1975	After 1994	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
William Sinclair Gauldie	201122	1968/07/17	For Fellowship
Arthur Francis Stevenson Wright	204805	1968/07/17	For Fellowship
William Finlayson McKenzie	400206	1968/07/17	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
William Finlayson McKenzie	1963/06/26	For Associateship
Robert Stewart Smith	1966/10/05	For Fellowship
William Finlayson McKenzie	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
University Hall	In year 1958	St Andrews	Fife	Scotland	new women\'s residence on grounds of hall
Psychiatric Hospital	c. 1963		Dundee	Scotland	Team leader in charge of design and production drawings
Regional Police Headquarters	c. 1968		Dundee	Scotland	Team leader in charge of the design and production drawings for the new police headquarters. (Date given in RIBA Nomination Paper of William Allan Cairns).
Hostel for Students, Dundee College of Education	c. 1968		Dundee	Scotland	Team leader in charge of design and production drawings.
Housing	In year 1970		Dundee	Scotland
Housing	Before 1970	Livingston	West Lothian	Scotland
Private housing	Before 1970	Craigie	Dundee	Scotland
Housing work for Dundee & Hillcrest Housing Associations	In year 1975		Dundee	Scotland	Rehabilitation
Police Station	In year 1975	Fintry	Dundee	Scotland
Dundee Court House and Bridewell	In year 1978		Dundee	Scotland	Adaptation of existing classical facade of Sheriff Court to conceal damage by street widening. Adaptation and repairs to main court room etc. Flat-roofedblock for district council built behind pavilion facade. Partner in charge.

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970
Bailey, Rebecca M	Scottish architects' papers: a source book	1996	Edinburgh: The Rutland Press	p111
RIBA	RIBA Directory of practices	1975
RIBA	RIBA Directory of members	1984
RIBA	A Directory of RIBA Members	1994
RIBA	RIBA Kalendar 1953-54	1954

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIAS Chartered Architect		2007	v20, no2	Summer issue - death notice

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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
Records of membership	RIAS, Rutland Square	201006

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