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Douglas Livingston Brice

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17/08/1938

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04/05/1926

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Douglas Livingston Brice was born in Kilmarnock on 17th August 1938, the second son of Leonard, an office manager, who served in two world wars, and his wife Peggy. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy, leaving in 1955 to an apprenticeship with Alexander Dunlop. He enrolled in that year in the part time course at Glasgow School of Art, having been advised that the practical experience gained would be more valuable than full time classes, which he was well qualified to take. He did three years, then one year full time at the Royal College of Science & Technology.

He returned to part time study and part time work to enable him to earn money to get married, which he did, to Eelanne Neilson in 1960. Between 1959 and 1960 he worked as an intermediate assistant with the Burgh of Kilmarnock.

From 1960 he was an intermediate assistant with Hay and Steel in Kilmarnock, under Duncan Macfarlane, and Stewart Hume, during which time he designed a new house, into which he and Eelanne moved in 1962. Between 1964 and 1965 he spent a year again as an intermediate assistant with Lanark County Council. He passed his finals in 1965, and became ARIBA, ARIAS, after Professional Practice time served. Varied works with different employers followed including a year with Covell Mathews, followed by a period in Paisley Burgh Architects office and a year between 1968 and 1969 with William Loudon & Sons. In 1969 he was appointed Chief Architect for James Laidlaw and Sons in Rutherglen. He left after two years to form his own practice, becoming their consultant on a number of significant projects. W I [Iain] Munro became his first partner in 1972,operating in Kilmarnock, and R J [Bob] Duguid, his second in 1973 in Rutherglen, at 31a Dalmarnock Road. Brice found splitting his time between the two offices awkward, and offered Munro the chance to take over the Kilmarnock operation, which he did, in 1976, as W I Munro Architects. Brice was elected FRIAS in 1986. He retired in 1990, mainly for stress reasons . Duguid carried on the business as sole partner.
The practice won a” Regeneration of Scotland” award, and a” Scottish Civic Trust “ award, in 1990, for Whiteinch Homes Sheltered Housing for Thomas Chalmers Housing Association Ltd.

He and Eelanne have two daughters, Avon and Abigail. Abigail studied Architecture at the Mackintosh school, and at Robert Gordon’s in Aberdeen, becoming ARIAS in 1995. She worked with Lane Bremner and Garnet, Aberdeen DC, and D L Brice, and changed careers to study Drama in 2000. She married James Gemmell, an Architect now with Holmes Miller, in 1998, and they have two daughters.

Brice’s interests were, and are, golf, hockey, yacht cruising and racing, piano, amateur dramatics, and professional roleplay.

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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
23 Aird Avenue Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland	Private
7 Orchard Street Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland	Private
4 Olive Road Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland	Private
3 Derwent House Hill Street Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
31A Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Lanarkshire Scotland	Business	1971	1974
17 Portland Road Kilmarnock Ayrshire Scotland	Business	1971	1976
Royal Bank Chambers/90 Main Street Rutherglen Lanarkshire Scotland	Business	1974	1990

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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
Alexander Dunlop	204726	In year 1955	In year 1958	Apprentice
Kilmarnock Burgh Council Architect's Department	400767	In year 1959	In year 1960	Assistant	Intermediate assistant
James Hay & Steel	406761	In year 1960	In year 1964	Assistant	Intermediate assistant
Lanark County Council	404586	In year 1964	In year 1965	Assistant	Intermediate assistant
Covell Matthews & Partners	400232	In year 1965	In year 1966	Architect
Paisley Burgh Architects Department	405740	In year 1966	In year 1968	Architect
William Loudon and Son	402471	In year 1968	In year 1969	Architect
James Laidlaw & Sons Ltd	402164	In year 1969	In year 1971	Chief Architect
D L Brice	403719	In year 1971	In year 1990	Senior Partner

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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
Woodhead housing	In year 1970	Hamilton	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Bankhead housing	In year 1971	Rutherglen	Lanarkshire	Scotland
Child guidance centre	In year 1972	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	Scotland
Function suite for Glasgow STUC (or Glasgow Trades Council?)	In year 1972	Maryhill	Glasgow	Scotland
House for Mr Hally	In year 1972	Darvel	Ayrshire	Scotland
Children's Home, Bankhead	In year 1973	Rutherglen	Lanarkshire	Scotland
House for Mr N Fletcher	In year 1973	Dunoon	Argyll	Scotland
Bowling clubhouse	In year 1973	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	Scotland
Renovation of listed buildings	In year 1973	Irvine	Ayrshire	Scotland	Restoration and also infill buildings
Local Authority housing renovations	In year 1973	Rutherglen	Lanarkshire	Scotland
LA Housing and Children's home	In year 1973	Irvine	Ayrshire	Scotland
Glasgow area offices for Scottish Gas	In year 1974		Glasgow	Scotland
Tenement rahabilitation for Elderpark Housing Association	In year 1974		Glasgow	Scotland	Condition and potential rehabilitation survey
House for Mr J Terry	In year 1974	Barnton	Edinburgh	Scotland
Educational and Recreational Centre for STUC	In year 1974	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date
RIBA	Directory of Practices 1981	1981
RIBA	Directory of members	1979
RIBA	Kalendar 1960-61	1961
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar	1965
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970
RIBA	A Directory of RIBA Members	1994

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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			Papers of Robert John Duguid
Information sent via \'Contact Us\' on website	Courtesy of Mr D L Brice	201352			Sent May and December 2013

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