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Walter Alison & Hutchison
Architectural practice
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Robert Forbes Hutchison was born on 30 December 1908 and was articled to Walter Alison of Kirkcaldy in January 1925, studying at Edinburgh College of Architecture and Heriot-Watt College. He obtained a position as assistant architect to Fife County Council in July 1930, moving in December 1932 to Dundee City Architect's Department and at the beginning of 1936 to North Riding County Council. He was admitted ARIBA on 8 March 1937, L Stuart Stanley being among his proposers. In the same year he joined Nottingham Corporation Architect's Department as senior assistant, leaving after nine years to take up an appointment as Deputy City Architect to the City of Stoke-on-Trent Corporation.

In October 1948 he returned to Scotland as chief architect to the Regional Hospital Boards of Scotland, and he commenced independent practice in Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy in 1950 when he acquired the practice of his former employer Walter Alison on the latter's death. He continued to practise thereafter under the name of Walter Alison & Hutchison, his work principally consisting of school and hospital buildings.

He was elected FRIBA in 1954, and died on 26 March 1976.

Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this architectural practice:

Business Addresses

Business Addresses2

AddressTypeDate FromDate ToNotes
Kirkcaldy Fife ScotlandBusinessLate 1950s
27 Kirk Wynd Kirkcaldy Fife ScotlandBusinessIn year 1951
38 York Place Edinburgh ScotlandBusinessIn year 1954

Partners, Employees and Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this architectural practice (click on an item to view details):

Employees or Pupils2

NamePositionDate FromDate ToNotes
Robert Forbes HutchisonPartnerLate 1950sAfter 1954
Harry Horace MacdonaldSenior Architect1953/02
Stanley George OwenIn year 19541957 or 1958 or 1959
Walter ScottSenior AssistantIn year 1957
Walter ScottPrincipal AssistantIn year 1958
John Malcolm McIntosh (Mackintosh)Senior AssistantIn year 1958
Harry Horace MacdonaldAssociate1959/01

Buildings and Designs

This architectural practice was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

Buildings and Designs

BuildingPartnership GPRoleDate FromDate ToTown DistrictIslandCity CountyCountryNotes
Longmore Hospital Operating Theatre & X-Ray Unit, Salisbury PlaceArchitectural practiceIn year 1950In year 1952EdinburghScotlandNew surgical unit/new operating theatre and x-ray unit
Michael Nairn & Co Office Block and factoryArchitectural practiceIn year 1951KirkcaldyFifeScotlandAdditions, including new canteen
Elsie Inglis Memorial HospitalEArchitectural practiceIn year 1951EdinburghScotlandNew stores
Leith PoorhouseFArchitectIn year 1951LeithEdinburghScotlandAdditions and alterations and modernisation of main kitchen block
Whitburn Primary SchoolAArchitectural practiceIn year 1952In year 1955WhitburnWest LothianScotland
Infant SchoolAArchitectural practiceIn year 1952BurntislandFifeScotland
Infant SchoolAArchitectural practiceIn year 1952CardendenFife
Infant SchoolAIn year 1953In year 1954AuchterderranFifeScotland
Junior Secondary SchoolAArchitectIn year 1953Bo\'ness / BorrowstounessWest LothianScotland
Western General Hospital, Teaching and Research blockAArchitectural practiceIn year 1953EdinburghScotland
Cameron HouseKArchitectural practiceIn year 1953WindygatesFifeScotlandNew 30-bed pavilion and treatment block formerly TB Centre
St Mary's Roman Catholic SchoolAArchitectIn year 1954Bo\'ness / BorrowstounessWest LothianScotlandOriginal school building
The PeelCArchitectural practice1955/121957/11ClovenfordsSelkirkshireScotlandNew laboratory and X-ray block
Headhouse Catholic SchoolArchitect1957/04/12LanarkshireScotlandper Builder p707
Grangepans redevlopmentAArchitectural practiceIn year 1958In year 1959Bo\'ness / BorrowstounessWest LothianScotland

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this architectural practice:

Period ref

Periodical NamePublisherDate CircEditionNotes
Builder1951/11/9p646
Builder1952/06/06p865