Architects

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James Stuart Renton

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Architect

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15/09/1929

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09/02/1925

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2006

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James Stuart Renton was born on 15 September 1929, the son of William Renton, structural engineer and his wife Mary Crighton. He studied at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and was admitted ARIBA in 1953. The period from mid-1953 until 1954 was spent undertaking National Service. At the latter date he joined the practice of Alan Reiach as senior assistant, later architect and remained in this position until March 1958 at which point he became a Principal in partnership. He was elected ARIAS in 1957. He stayed with the practice when it was amalgamated as Alan Reiach Eric Hall & Partners in April 1965. He was elected FRIBA in 1969, proposed by Alan Reiach, William Alister Miller and George Alexander Macnab. Reiach described him as a ‘brilliant designer and has real architectural imagination’.

In his Fellowship Paper Renton stated that he was the partner in charge of a project group dealing with a variety of new buildings – hospitals, schools, university buildings, and housing. In 1969 the significant projects in hand were the New Club, Princes Street, ward upgrading at McKinnon House, the Royal Edinburgh hospital, sports complexes at Stirling and Heriot Watt Universities, and academic core buildings for Heriot Watt including lecture theatres and restaurants.

He was senior partner and chairman from 1982 -91 and consultant 1991-4. He retired in 1994.

He died on 23 January 2006 at the Royal Infirmary Perth, survived by his wife Joan Ethie Sloan.

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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
10 Wemyss Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private
Clapperfield Nether Liberton Edinburgh Scotland	Private
Grianan Killichonan, Loch Rannoch Perthshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
16 Moray Place Edinburgh Scotland	Business

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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	Notes
Alan Reiach & Partners	400376	In year 1956		Partner
Alan Reiach Eric Hall & Partners	400386	In year 1965		Partner
Reiach & Hall	400382	In year 1982	2000s	Architect	Chairman
Reiach Hall Blyth (Iran)	405161			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
Alan Reiach	202732	1969/07/16	For Fellowship
William Alistair Miller	400384	1969/07/16	For Fellowship
(Professor) George Alexander Macnab (misspelt McNab)	400378	1969/07/16	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 Alistair Miller	1968/07/17	For Fellowship
(Professor) George Alexander Macnab (misspelt McNab)	1969/07/16	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 of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Field Station	In year 1956	Roslin	Edinburgh
Belhaven Hospital	In year 1957	Dunbar	East Lothian	Scotland	Additions
Secondary School	After 1958	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Maitland Park Housing scheme	In year 1959	Musselburgh	Midlothian	Scotland
Housing scheme fo Messrs Crudens, Newhailes	In year 1959	Musselburgh	Midlothian	Scotland
Easthouses Church	In year 1959	Dalkeith	Midlothian	Scotland	Begun by Reiach and completed in partnership
Knox Academy	In year 1959	Haddington	East Lothian	Scotland	Extension to 1930s building
Edinburgh Academy, Western Classrooms	195 or 196		Edinburgh	Scotland	Link between Western classrooms and old Mathematics block at NW of forecourt
Forres Academy	1960s	Forres	Morayshire	Scotland	Also swimming pool, uncertain date perhaps 1970s
Secondary School	1960s	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	Scotland
Knox Academy, Primary School	1960s	Haddington	East Lothian	Scotland
Haddington 'face-lift' improvement scheme	1960s	Haddington	East Lothian	Scotland
Senior Secondary School	1960s	Kilwinning	Ayrshire	Scotland
George Wolfe House	In year 1960	Torphichen	West Lothian	Scotland
Golspie High School	In year 1962	Golspie	Sutherland	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
Glendinning, Miles	Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75	1997	Tuckwell Press Ltd	pp32, 34 Winton Loanp162-3 New Clubp165-7 Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1964-65	1964
Willis, Peter	New architecture in Scotland	1977		p32-3 Kildrum Parish Churchp84-7 The New Club
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64	1964
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970

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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		2006	v19, no2	Summer 2006- death note

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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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