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Douglas William McNair Calder

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12/03/1916

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29/09/2006

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Douglas William McNair Calder was born on 12 March 1916, the son of Ralph Forman Calder, commercial traveller, and his wife Agnes Godley. In October 1932 he embarked on the full-time five-year diploma course at the Municipal School of Architecture in Manchester. He was awarded a travelling scholarship during his final year and in the summer of that year, 1937, he made a study tour of France and Germany. He was elected ARIBA on 4 April 1938, proposed by G B Howard, Isaac Taylor (in whose office he had worked briefly in 1936) and Joseph Addison. He later became a qualified town planner.

In late 1937 he took up a post with the LCC as assistant with Fulham Borough Council where he worked mainly on the design and construction of flats. The following year he moved to Easington Rural District Council and worked on the layout and type plans of village housing schemes.

During the war years Calder served with the Royal Navy. After the cease of hostilities, he moved to Edinburgh to a post with Dick Peddie Mckay & Jamieson where he was principally employed on the design and construction of a hotel (probably the extensions to the Killin Hotel) but stayed there only briefly as later in 1946 he took up an appointment as chief assistant with Westmorland County Council. His work in Westmorland consisted of a review of all county schools, the design and construction of two primary schools, of the County Architect’s office, a rural fire station and a secondary school.

From 1950-58 he worked as architect and planning officer with the Isle of Man Local Government Board. There he was responsible for a nurses’ home, several village housing schemes, farm workers’ houses, nurses’ houses connected with an old people’s home, a clinic and two memorials as well as TT shelters.

In 1958 he moved to Inverness to the post of County Architect and Planning Officer. He was elected FRIBA on 6 October 1965, his proposers being F Chippendale, head of the Manchester Municipal School of Architecture, William Sinclair Gauldie and Jack Coia. He remained in Inverness, his post subsequently being known as Director of Physical Planning. Before 1965 he had been responsible for the following: the Technical College in Inverness, a secondary school and major extensions to two other secondaries, four junior secondaries, two primary schools, a handicap school, village housing schemes, as well as police stations and clinics.

Calder retired in 1974 and resigned his membership of the RIBA in 1977. Calder died on 29 September 2006, aged 90. His wife, Sheilah Ethel Margaret Burton, who had been an artist, had predeceased him.

'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
49 Fairholme Road South Kensington London England	Private
41 Southside Road Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland	Private
4 Heathcote Gardens Inverness Inversness-shire Scotland	Private
Aden House/5 Annfield Raod Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
Isle of Man Local Government Board Douglas Isle of Man England	Business	Late 195
County Buildings Ardross Street Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland	Business	1970

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
Isaac Taylor	205940	In year 1936		Assistant
London County Council Architects' Department (LCC Architects' Department)	201590	In year 1937	In year 1938	Assistant
Easington Rural District Council, Architect's Department	404376	In year 1938	In year 1939	Assistant
Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson	202349	In year 1946		Assistant
Westmorland County Council Architects Department	404377	In year 1946	In year 1950	Chief Assistant
Isle of Man Local Government Board Architect's Department	404375	In year 1950	In year 1958	Architect
Inverness County Architect's Office	400661	In year 1958	In year 1974	Chief Architect

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
G B Howard	404374	1938/04/04	For Associateship
Isaac Taylor	205940	1938/04/04	For Associateship
Joseph Addison	203435	1938/04/04	For Associateship
Frank Chippindale	404150	1965/10/06	For Fellowship
William Sinclair Gauldie	201122	1965/10/06	For Fellowship
Jack Antonio Coia	200542	1965/10/06	For Fellowship

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
Robert McMillan Clive	1966/10/05	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
Laxey war memorial	After 1950	Laxey	Ise of Man		England
School	In year 1952	Daliburgh	South Uist	Inverness-shire	Scotland	As Inverness-shire County Architect.
Inverness College of Further and Higher Education	In year 1960	Inverness		Inverness-shire	Scotland	As County Architect.
Iochdar School	In year 1963	Iochdar	South Uist	Inverness-shire		As County Architect
School	In year 1963	Paible	North Uist	Inverness-shire	Scotland	As County Architect.
Holiday Village, Aviemore	1964/08/28	Aviemore		Inverness-shire	Scotland	Plans prepared, under consideration
Lochaber High School	In year 1967	Fort William		Inverness-shire	Scotland	4-storey extension - as County Architect.
School	In year 1968	Aviemore		Inverness-shire	Scotland	As County Architect.
Housing at north end of village	In year 1968	Aviemore		Inverness-shire	Scotland	As County Architect
Primary School, Balivanich	In year 1973	Balivanich	Benbecula	Inverness-shire	Scotland	As County Architect.

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Builder		1964/08/28		p454

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			A no6694; F no5725 (Combined Box 97) (Associateship Papers not included).
Death Register	H M Register House	100027

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