Architects

Name:

Richard George Gibson

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Architect

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04/04/1926

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04/04/1926

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Richard George Gibson studied at the Architectural Association obtaining his diploma in architecture there. He was elected ARIBA in 1964. He was in practice in Lerwick, Shetland. Prior to 1972 he was Deputy County Architect of Zetland. He would appear to have gone into independent practice thereafterand practiced under his own name. He was sole principal.

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

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
Pier House Esplanade Lerwick Mainland Shetland Scotland	Business	1970
175A Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland Scotland	Business	Before 1975	After 1987
72A Commercial Street Lerwick Mainland, Shetland Scotland	Business	Before 1979	After 1985	Not sure when this office was opened.

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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
Bay Hall	In year 1975	Walls	Mainland, Shetland		Scotland	Restoration and conversion to flats
Off-shore drilling base, offices and warehouses	Before 1975	Sandwick	Mainland	Shetland	Scotland
IBA/BBC/GPO Link Station and Power House	Before 1975		Fair Isle		Scotland
Garage, Twageos Road	c. 1980	Lerwick	Mainland	Shetland	Scotland
St Magnus Episcopal Church	In year 1982	Lerwick	Mainland	Shetland	Scotland	Supervision of work on site
Hanseatic Trading Booth	In year 1983	Symbister	Whalsay	Shetland	Scotland	Restoration
Pony Pund	In year 1984			Shetland	Scotland	Restoration
Sandsting Parish Church	In year 1985	Semblister	Mainland	Sheltand	Scotland	Conversion to house
Gibblestone House, housing	In year 1990	Scalloway	Mainland	Shetland	Scotland	Housing in garden
Hamnavoe School			Burra	Shetland	Scotland
Hill Lane Housing		Lerwick		Shetland	Scotland
Hamnavoe sheltered housing				Shetland	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Notes
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970
Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	A History of Scottish Architecture	1996	p568
RIBA	RIBA Directory of Members 1987	1987
Allen, Nic (ed.)	Scottish Architects in Conservation		p36

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