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William Geoffrey Jarvis

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01/09/1928

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02/10/2009

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William Geoffrey Jarvis (always known as Geoffrey) was born on in London on 9 January 1928, the son of ___, minister of the Wellington Church, Glasgow. He was educated initially in Kelvinside and later at Glasgow Academy where he was School Captain. His National Service was spent with the Royal Artillery, serving as an officer in the Middle East during the time of the British mandate in Palestine. On his return to Glasgow he enrolled at the School of Architecture, Glasgow College of Art and the Royal Technical College, passing the diploma exam in June 1953 and the professional practice exam in December of that year. In 1951 he had won the (RIAS) Incorporation Prize. During his student years he gained office experience with Thomson McCrea & Sanders. About this time he made study tours to France, England, Denmark and Italy. He was elected ARIBA on 2 February 1954, his proposers being William McCrea, Andrew Graham Henderson and James Taylor. From July 1953 he was employed in the office of Keppie Hendersion & Gleave. He was elected ARIAS in 1959.

After qualifying he went to the United States where he worked briefly for Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson as an architectural assistant, then later in 1954 with Steinhardt & Thomson in New York and in 1955 in the office of Marcel Breuer. He returned to Scotland later that year to a post with John Laird & Son in Glasgow. He transferred in 1957 to the office of William Reid where he met Stuart Lothian Barclay. He joined Barclay in partnership in 1959, after Barclay had taken over Reid's practice. The practice then became Lothian Barclay Jarvis. When John Boys joined the practice in 1961, the title became Lothian Barclay Jarvis & Boys. The practice tackled both new build, the first being the Chivas Brothers headquarters in Paisley and restoration projects, the latter gaining Jarvis a widespread reputation.

Lothian Barclay Jarvis & Boys was operated on the principle that the partner who introduced a job assumed responsibility for it. Initially the partner would produce sketch designs, after obtaining a brief from the client. Detailed drawings would then be made by the partner and by an assistant under his supervision. Jarvis was elected FRIBA on 4 February 1970, proposed by Jack Coia, Jack Holmes and John Robertson Notman.

Jarvis' s mother had founded the Glasgow Tree Lovers' Society and he used this as a basis for developing proposals to renovate the south bank of the Clyde and improve the north bank with a concert hall overlooking the river. Jarvis's committment to conservation included setting up the New Glasgow Society which campaigned for the restoration and re-use of buildings in the city. At its first meeting the Society drew a crowd of more than 1,700 which was followed by an organised walk from George Square up to Greek Thomson' church at the top of St Vincent Street. The society was influential in its early days in the revaluation of Glasgow's buildings which gradually led to a political acceptance of the policy of restoration of Glasgow buildings. This led Jarvis and others to set up the Glasgow Urban Design Panel which was to advise the Council on controversial planning applications.

In the 1990s Jarvis was active in the drive to repatriate the sailing vessel Glenlee and founding the Society Clydebuilt. He campaigned for transforming the site of the Glasgow Garden Festival into a public park and visitor attraction. He was also involved with the formation of the Clyde Maritime Trust and the Clyde Heritage Trust of which he was chairman and in this role he was involved with the effort to bring the Britannia to the Clyde. He and others agreed that the derelict dry docks at Govan would be a fitting place for a Clyde martime museum with the Britannia as focus. Though this failed he continued to lobby on matters relating to the Clyde and was involved with producing a CD on the history and development of Glasgow.

Jarvis retired in 1998. Toward the end of his life he and his wife Rosalind Bailey, whom he had married in 1971, supported a number of environmental campaigns. He died on 10 February 2009, survived by his wife, their four children and two grandchildren.

'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
29 Lilybank Gardens Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
19 Woodside Place Glasgow Scotland	Business	1970

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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
Keppie Henderson & J L Gleave	400567	1953/07	Late 1953s	Assistant
Thomson, McCrea & Sanders	203921	In year 1948	In year 1953	Assistant	Office experience during degree
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson	404995	In year 1954		Architect
Marcel Breuer	404997	In year 1955		Assistant
John Laird & Son	202252	In year 1955	In year 1957	Assistant
James Reid	401625	In year 1957	In year 1959	Assistant
Lothian Barclay Jarvis	400473	In year 1959	In year 1961	Partner
Lothian Barclay Jarvis & Boys	400520	In year 1961	In year 1987	Partner
William Nimmo & Partners	400575	In year 1987		Associate	After the dissolution of Boys Jarvis
The Boys Jarvis Partnership	400522	c. 1970		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 McCrea	203743	1954/02/02	For Associateship
Andrew Graham Henderson	201519	1954/02/02	For Associateship
James Taylor	203892	1954/02/02	For Associateship
Jack Antonio Coia	200542	1970/02/04	For Fellowship
John ('Jack') Charles Holmes	400528	1970/02/04	For Fellwoship
John Robertson Notman	400560	1970/02/04	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
Stuart Lothian Barclay	1970/02/04	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	Island	City or County	Country	Notes
Chivas Regal Building with warehousing, bottling and offices	In year 1959	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland
House for Mr & Mrs Charles Hamilton	1960s	Milton Hill, Bowling		Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Inver Cottage Restaurant	1960s	Strathlachlan, Strathur		Argyll	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Kilns and storage buildings for J & A Stewart, timber merchants	1960s			Glasgow	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Melvin Motors Ltd, Kingston Street	1960s			Glasgow	Scotland	Parts depot added - mainly responsible
House for Mr James McKelvie	1960s	Gourock		Renfrewshire	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Street Improvements, Carlton Place	In year 1961			Glasgow	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Chivas Regal Building with warehousing, bottling and offices	In year 1962	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland	Offices - mainly responsibility
Sacred Heart School	In year 1963	Bridgeton		Glasgow	Scotland
Isle of Jura Distillery	In year 1963		Isle of Jura	Argyll	Scotland
Holy Family School	In year 1965	Kirkintilloch		Dunbartonshire	Scotland
Glenallachie Distillery	In year 1966	Aberlour		Banffshire	Scotland
Blending & Bottling Plant for for Clan Munro Whisky Ltd	In year 1966	Coatbridge		Lanarkshire	Scotland
University of Glasgow, veterinary field station	In year 1966	Clydebank		Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Mainly responsible
Head office for Hugh Leggat Ltd	In year 1966	Barrhead		Renfrewshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
Willis, Peter	New architecture in Scotland	1977		p15, p17 Refuse Incineration Plant, Linwood
Bailey, Rebecca M	Scottish architects' papers: a source book	1996	Edinburgh: The Rutland Press	p142
RIBA	Directory of members	1979
RIBA	RIBA Kalendar 1953-54	1954

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Glasgow Herald	2009/03/09		Obituary
Scotsman	2009/03/17		Obituary
RIAS Newsletter	1980/08	v9, no6

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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
Information sent to DSA website	Courtesy of David Nimmo (WNP)	200954			Sent March 2009

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