Basic Biographical Details Name: | Harry Horace Macdonald | Designation: | | Born: | 9 September 1916 | Died: | 17 December 2015 | Bio Notes: | Harry Horace Macdonald was born on 9 September 1916. He commenced his articles with James Shearer in Dunfermline on 9 January 1933. Concurrently he attended evening classes in building subjects at Lauder Technical School. He completed his articles in 1938 and for a year, 1938-1939, he was an assistant in the practice of Tarbolton & Ochterlony in Edinburgh. This enabled him to take further classes at Heriot Watt College. He then moved to another assistant post with Burnet, Tait & Partners, also in Edinburgh.
Macdonald's studies were interrupted by the Second World War during which he served (February 1940 to February 1946) in the army in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
After the war he returned to Scotland and divided his time between Tarbolton & Ochterlony in Edinburgh and Burnet, Tait & Partners in the Edinburgh office spending a few months in one, presumably helping where he was most needed. From April 1946 to July 1947 he was in the office of Tarbolton & Ochterlony; July to December 1947 he was with the Burnet practice; January 1948 to June 1949 he was back with Tarbolton & Ochterlony and from June 1949 until his application to the RIBA in early 1952.
He passed the Special Final Exam of the RIBA in Edinburgh on 6 December 1951 and the Professional Practice exam in London in March 1952. He was elected ARIBA on 17 June 1952, porposed by James Shearer, Thomas Tait and Leslie Stuart Stanley. Macdonald is described by one of his proposers as having a 'pleasant disposition and is a man of strict integrity'. (he became ARIAS in 1956).
In June 1952 Macdonald was promoted to senior architect in the practice of Burnet Tait & Partners. The following February he transferred to a similar position with Walter Alison & Hutchison. In was promoted to associate partner in January 1959 and full partner on 1 February 1961. He was elected FRIBA in 1970, proposed by Robert Forbes Hutchison, George Gilroy Graham, and Colin Walker.
In May 1968 and Ocotber 1969 the practice completed two new MD hospitals in Dunfermline and Inverness for which Macdonald was partner in charge. At the time of his application for Fellowship he was mainly concerned with SSHA and LA housing along with more minor projects such as a petrol filling station and a shopping development. He had in hand six projects with 1,148 houses altogether which had a total value of £4,647,000. He was the most senior of three partners in charge of the housing section of the office. This section consisted of two associate partners, fourteen assistants and the associate partner in civil engineeringwith one member of the civil engineering staff employed on the site works of three projects.
MacDonald died on 17 December 2015. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | ![Item 1 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | Barnton , Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | | | | ![Item 2 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | 21, Muirpark Terrace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland | Private | Before 1956 * | After 1964 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA Proposals
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | ![Item 1 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | | 193 houses, Grangepans | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 2 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | | Community or Recreation Centre | Bo'ness /Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 3 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | | Teesside General Hospital | Stockton-on-Tees | | Cleveland (North Yorkshire) | England | Phase I | ![Item 4 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1937 | Central Fire Station | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | As assistant to James Shearer. | ![Item 5 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1939 | Hawkhead Infectious Diseases Hospital | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | As assistant with Sir John Burnet Tait & Lorne | ![Item 6 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1939 | Scottish Office buildings | Calton Hill | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As assistant in the office of Burnet Tait & Partners | ![Item 7 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1945 | Affric Hydrio-Electric Scheme, Loch Beinn A' Mheadhoin To Fasnakyle Tunnel | Glen Affric | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | As assistant to Shearer | ![Item 8 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1945 | Lochalsh Hydro-Electric Scheme | | | Ross-shire | Scotland | As assistant to Shearer | ![Item 9 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1946 | Lochluichart Power Station | Lochluichart | | Ross & Cromarty | Scotland | As assistant to Shearer | ![Item 10 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1946 | Nostie Bridge Power Station | Lochalsh | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | As assistant ot Shearer | ![Item 11 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1949 | Paisley General and Maternity Hospital | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | As assistant with Burnet Tait & Partners (or more correctly Sir John Burnet Tait & Lorne). Hospital planned but only Nurses' Home built (completed 1949 after Farquhar's death). Worked at this time on the Maternity Hospital. Scheme transferred to Riccartsbar site. | ![Item 12 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | December 1955 | The Peel | Clovenfords | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | New laboratory and X-ray block cost £40,000 - architect in charge | ![Item 13 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | April 1958 | Kirkcaldy Burgh Infectious Diseases Hospital | Kirkcaldy | | Fife | Scotland | New dining rooms and kitchens and female ward alterations - as architect in charge | ![Item 14 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1959 | Grangemouth Housing competition | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Competition design - entry commended | ![Item 15 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1960 | Western General Hospital, Teaching and Research block | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Extension | ![Item 16 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | October 1960 | Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, heart and lung theatres | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 17 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1961 | Couper Street housing (Thomas Fraser Court and John Russell Court) | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 18 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1961 | Gordon Barracks | Old Machar | | Aberdeen | Scotland | Reconstruction | ![Item 19 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | February 1962 | Napier Technical College | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Partner in charge. Dates given in RIBA Nomination Papers. Perhaps took over the project from 1962 (project proabably begun peior to Macdonald being a partner). | ![Item 20 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1963 | Housing, Cables Wynd | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 21 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1964 | Housing development, Grahamsdyke | Bo'ness (Borrowstouness) | | West Lothian | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 22 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1964 | Office Block for British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd, Grangemouth | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Aggregate-clad block | ![Item 23 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | July 1964 | 221 houses, 3rd development | Blackburn | | West Lothian | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 24 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1965 | Lynebank Mental Hospital | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 25 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1965 | St Gabriel's RC Church | Prestonpans | | East Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 26 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | April 1965 | Western General Hospital, teaching unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Architect in charge | ![Item 27 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | July 1965 | 250 units of married soldiers' quarters | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 28 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | December 1965 | Woodcroft Telephone Exchange | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Architect in charge - working drawings only | ![Item 29 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1967 | 158 houses, The Mingle | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 30 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1968 | Cardonald College of Technology | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 31 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1968 | Local Authority Housing | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 32 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1968 | Local Authority housing, Lindams | Uddingston | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 33 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1968 | Post Office Telephone Engineering Centre | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 34 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Craig Phadrig Hospital | Inverness | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 35 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Craigcrook Castle, walled garden, office block | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | ![Item 36 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Elgin Academy | Elgin | | Morayshire | Scotland | New Technical College built in grounds of old Academy | ![Item 37 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Indoor Swimming Pool | Kirkcaldy | | Fife | Scotland | | ![Item 38 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | ![Item 39 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1969 | Teesside County Borough Polytechnic | Middlesborough | | Cleveland (North Yorkshire) | England | | ![Item 40 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | Early 1960s | Kirkgate Housing, Phases I, II and III | Leith | | Edinburgh, Midlothian | Scotland | Phases I and II - partner in charge | ![Item 41 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Housing | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Rehabilitation | ![Item 42 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s(?) | John Ogilvie High School | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 43 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Police headquarters | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 44 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Police headquarters | Livingston | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 45 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Sheltered housing | Leven | | Fife | Scotland | | ![Item 46 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Sheltered housing | Whitburn | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 47 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Sheltered housing | Musselburgh | | Midlothian | Scotland | | ![Item 48 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Sheltered housing | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 49 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Swimming pool | Jedburgh | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | ![Item 50 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Swimming pool | Selkirk | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 51 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Telephone engineering centre | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 52 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Town planning study | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 53 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Warehouses | Lanark | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 54 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970s | Warehouses | Alexandria | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | ![Item 55 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970 | 166 houses, Bo'mains housing estate (North) | Bo'ness / Borroustouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | Partner in charge | ![Item 56 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970 | 323 houses | Stewarton | | | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 57 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970 | 446 houses, Poltonhall | Lasswade | | Midlothian | Scotland | As partner in charge - buildings under construction | ![Item 58 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970 | 67 houses, Bo'mains (East) | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 59 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1970 | Borrowstoun housing scheme | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | As partner in charge | ![Item 60 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1970 | Chalmers Hospital | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Additions and alterations and new GP Unit | ![Item 61 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1970 | City Hospital, boiler house | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | ![Item 62 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1970 | Deaconess Hospital | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Outpatients department added | ![Item 63 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1970 | Teesside General Hospital | Stockton-on-Tees | | Cleveland (North Yorkshire) | England | Phase 2 | ![Item 64 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1971 | Bo'ness Public School | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | Extension | ![Item 65 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1972 | Linksview House and other housing, Giles Street and Coltfield Lane | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | ![Item 66 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1972 | St Ambrose RC High School | Coatbridge | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 67 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1973 | Sheltered housing | | | Dundee | Scotland | | ![Item 68 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1975 | Calderhead Junior Secondary School, Shotts | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New building added | ![Item 69 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1975 | Housing for Glasgow District Council | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 70 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1975 | Housing for Hamilton District Council | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 71 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | After 1975 | Housing for Lanark District Council | Lanark | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 72 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1975 | Sport & Leisure Centre | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 73 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1975 | Academy | Blackburn | | West Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 74 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1978 | Salmon Court | Bo'ness (Borrowstouness) | | Wset Lothian | Scotland | | ![Item 75 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | 1981 | Bo'ness Health Centre | Bo'ness (Borrowstouness) | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | ![Item 76 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1981 | Esk Valley Technical College, Lugton | Lugton, Dalkeith | | Midlothian | Scotland | Extensions? | ![Item 77 of 77](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1981 | Sheltered housing | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p2 Illustration of St Andrew's House | ![Item 2 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p322, p380 Gazetteer 2: John Russell Court | ![Item 3 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1964-65 | | | | ![Item 4 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | RIBA | 1972 | RIBA Directory 1972 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | ![Item 1 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | ![Item 2 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Harry Horace Macdonald: A no13737, F no7158 (Combined Box 176) |
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