Giles Gilbert Scott

Giles Gilbert Scott
A photograph taken for Scott's Presidency of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1933
Born(1880-11-09)9 November 1880
Died8 February 1960(1960-02-08) (aged 79)
Bloomsbury, London, England
OccupationArchitect
Buildings

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.

Scott came from a family of architects. His father George Gilbert Scott Jr. was a co-founder of Watts & Co., which Scott became the second chairman of. He was noted for his blending of Gothic tradition with modernism, making what might otherwise have been functionally designed buildings into popular landmarks.


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