Basic Biographical Details Name: | Richard Fraser | Designation: | | Born: | 14 April 1918 | Died: | October 1995 | Bio Notes: | Richard Fraser was born on 14 April 1918 and studied full-time on the diploma course at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from 1935 to 1938. In the latter year he joined Frank Charles Mears as assistant. He undertook war service from 1940 to 1946, and from 1947 to 1949 was Rome Scholar, travelling in Italy, Greece and North Africa, and in the meantime being admitted ARIBA in 1948. At the end of the scholarship he was appointed assistant to Louis de Soissons & Partners, and he was taken into partnership in 1953, practising from the firm's Plymouth office.
He was elected FRIBA on 12 December 1961, proposed by De Soissons, J M Hodges and Kenneth D____ (thought to be Kenneth Darling). By that time the practice title was Louis de Soissons, Peacock, Hodges, Robertson & Fraser. His nomination papers state that he had designed schools, churches, houses, banks and colleges, all in Devon.
He died in York in October 1995. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 7, Hillview Terrace, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1950 * | | Perhaps the address of his parents? | | Plymouth, Devon, England | Business | Before 1953 | After 1961 | | | 12, Baring Crescent, Exeter, Devon, England | Private/business | 1961 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Kenneth Darling | 12 December 1961 | for Fellowship | | Louis de Soissons | 12 December 1961 | for Fellowship | | J M Hodges | 12 December 1961 | for Fellowship |
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 | | 1947 | Centre for the Commonwealth and Empire on the Thames | | | London | England | His entry to the Faculty of Architecture of the British School at Rome won, winning him the Rome Scholarship in Architecture, 1947. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 1 August 1947 | | | p118-20 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no9475; F no5539 (combined box 86) |
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