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George Cruickshank

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25/02/1930

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01/12/2011

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George Cruickshank was born on 25 February 1930. Brought up in humble circumstances in Cove Bay to the south of Aberdeen - his parents' home contained only four books (including New and Old Testaments and a dictionary) - he was educated at the Mackie Academy in Stonehaven. Borrowing a box of books each week from the mobile library, he excelled academically and developed a talent for line drawing.

He attended Aberdeen School of Architecture from the late 1940s, concurrently serving his articles in the City Architect's Department in Aberdeen, for which, unusually, he was paid. At some point during this training he won a travelling scholarship with which he made a six-week study tour of France on his motorbike. In 1953 he completed his course and won the Aberdeen Society of Architects Silver Medal and the RIAS Robert Rowand Anderson Silver Medal. He was elected ARIBA in the same year. (Galletly gives 1955). He was elected ARIAS in 1955.

National service followed, with two years spent in Weymouth with the Royal Engineers (Southern Command Bridging Camp). During a 48-hour spell of leave in 1954 he married Kathleen, a young Aberdeen nurse whom he had met in 1951.

On completion of his national service he returned to Aberdeen City Architect's Department, but in 1958 he moved to Dundee to become an assistant with Johnston & Baxter while lecturing part-time at the College of Art there. He also worked with Gauldie Hardie Wright & Needham.

During the early 1960s he studied town planning part-time at Edinburgh College of Art. A collection of Cruickshank's drawings are held by the National Monuments Reocrd of Scotland and projects undertaken when he was studying Town Planning included Use and condition surveys for Culross, High Valleyfield, Torryburn and Cairneyhill; a study of the west end of Edinburgh; a study of the historical development of Torryburn; a housing project at5 Beveridgewell, Dunfermline; a study of Silver Sands, Aberdour, housing studies at Golfdrum, Dunfermline and Broonhead Park, Dunfermline.

During this period he joined the architects' department of Copthall Holdings (Dalgety) Developments Ltd which were responsible joined the design and layout of Dalgety Bay. At some point he had a post as senior assistant with Russell Orme & Partners. He then had a brief spell as Deputy Burgh Architect and Planning Officer for the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline.

He was back in Aberdeen by 1968 as county planning officer and was involved with many projects at the dawn of the North Sea oil industry, including expansion at Bridge of Don. In November 1972 he became a partner with Baxter Clark & Paul and took charge of the Aberdeen office. At the same time he held the post of director of town and regional planning at Dundee University. Among other projects, he masterminded the development of the Aberdeenshire village of Kingswells in the 1980s.

He retired in 1990 but continued to do consultancy work, appearing at numerous planning inquiries as an expert witness. In 1994 he gave a private address in the RIBA directory.

Cruickshank took a keen interest in matters relating to the profession. He served as President of the Aberdeen Institute of Architects in 1975-76. He was a Fellow of the RIAS (serving as its President for a time) and of the Town Planning Institute of Scotland and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Outwith his work he was involved with the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Grampian Housing Association. He was a Burgess of the Burgh of Aberdeen, President of the Probus Club and was involved with the Rotarians. Other interests included bowling; curling, on one occasion leading a Rotary curling team to Canada and campaigning for a new curling rink in Aberdeen; sailing (he built his own dinghies); the Doric; and matters relating to Robert Burns, for which he became a popular after-dinner speaker. Having come from a humble background himself, he championed the causes of the disadvantaged, and supported numerous charities, including Christian Aid, Water Aid, the RNLI and Amnesty International.

Cruickshank died on 12 January 2011. His wife had predeceased him in 2003, but he was survived by his two daughters Jennifer and Allison, two sons Peter and Brian, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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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
3 Loirston Road Cove Bay Aberdeenshire Scotland	Private
c/o Mason/112 Union Grove Aberdeen Scotland	Private
18 Rubislaw Terrace Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland	Private
Ticarra Lodge/105 Monifieth Road Dundee Scotland	Private
Reresdyke/46 Panmure Street Dundee Scotland	Private/business
Highfield/61 Rose Street Dunfermline Fife Scotland	Private
109 Morningside Avenue Aberdeen Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
Reresdyke/46 Panmure Street Dundee Scotland	Private/business	1958	1962
Dalgety House Viewfield Dunfermline Fife Scotland	Business	1963
12 Victoria Street Aberdeen Scotland	Business	Early 197	After 1987

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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
Gauldie, Hardie, Wright & Needham	205830	1960s		Assistant
Copthall Holdings (Dalgety) Developments Ltd	402472	1960s		Architect
Baxter Clark & Paul	400176	1972/11	In year 1990	Partner
Dunfermline District Council, Architects' Department	403171	In year 1962	In year 1968	Deputy Architect	In 1966 (RIBA Kalendar) he was deputy Burgh Architect & Planning officer. Obituary says Chief Architect & planning officer.
Aberdeen City Architect's Department (later City of Aberdeen District Council Architects Division)	204261	In year 1968	In year 1972		County Planning Officer
Aberdeen City Architect's Department (later City of Aberdeen District Council Architects Division)	204261	Late 1940s	Before 1953	Apprentice
Aberdeen City Architect's Department (later City of Aberdeen District Council Architects Division)	204261	c. 1955	In year 1958	Assistant

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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
Tullos Industrial Estate	Before 1954		Aberdeen	Scotland	As assistant with the City Architect\'s department
House for George B Kinnes	In year 1959		Dundee	Scotland	As assistant to William M Wilson
House at Broughty Ferry	1959/07	Broughty Ferry	Dundee	Scotland
Cove Village Hall	1960s	Cove	Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Mayfield	1960s		Dundee	Scotland	Landscaping
Cove Rangers Football Club Pavilion	1960s	Cove	Kincardineshire	Scotland
Premises for Messrs SGB Ltd	In year 1961		Aberdeen	Scotland
House, Hazel Drive	In year 1961		Dundee	Scotland
House at Beachtower, Ralston Road	In year 1962	West Ferry	Dundee	Scotland
House, Old Orchard	In year 1963	Limekilns	Fife	Scotland	Alterations to form bedrooms in attic
Copthall Holding site, Maxwell Drive	1963/01		Glasgow	Scotland
Central redevelopment with shopping centre	1963/01	Alloa	Clackmannanshire	Scotland
Town Centre renewal scheme	1963/06	Cumnock	Ayrshire	Scotland
Terraced houses and cottages for Fred P Cargill, builder	In year 1964	Cove Bay	Kincardineshire	Scotland
Langstracht Hotel and commercial properties	In year 1964		Aberdeen	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Notes
Willis, Peter	New architecture in Scotland	1977	p66-7 Offices for Claben Ltd
RIBA	A Directory of RIBA Members	1994
RIBA	RIBA Directory of Members 1987	1987
RIBA	RIBA Directory of Members 1987	1987
RIBA	Kalendar 1966-67	1966
RIBA	RIBA Kalendar 1953-54	1954

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Scotsman	2011/02/24		Obituary
RIAS Quarterly	2011	Spring	pp 96-7: obituary
Scotsman	2011/01/24		p.41: obituary by Alison Shaw

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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
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			A no8041 (Combined Box 203)

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