Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Greig & Fairbairn | | Designation: | | | Born: | c. 1914 | | Died: | 1925 | | Bio Notes: | The Edinburgh partnership of Greig & Fairbairn grew out of the partnership of Greig, Fairbairn & Macniven when Macniven withdrew to join government service during the First World War. The remaining partnership became Greig & Fairbairn and was fortunate in securing a share of the Scottish National Housing Company's Admiralty Dockyard Garden City at Rosyth in 1915, a development planned and partly designed by Alfred Hugh Mottram from Sir Raymond Unwin's office, which came to an end with the closure of the dockyard in 1925. Thereafter the partnership was dissolved; Fairbairn continued to specialise in housing work, becoming Chief Technical Officer of the Scottish Special Housing Association in 1937-39. Greig continued the practice alone, specialising in 'Mansion House Architecture' (Scottish Biographies 1938). It appears that his practice consisted mainly of modernising existing houses but one large country house designed by him has been identified - Ardtaraig, near Dunoon. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 31, York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | c. 1914 | c. 1924 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Alfred Greig | 1914 | 1925 | Partner | | | Walter Fairbairn | 1914 | 1925 | Partner | | | Alfred Sinclair | 1921 | 1924 | Apprentice | |
Buildings and Designs| This 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 | | 1915 | Rosyth Garden City, one hundred and fifty houses | Rosyth | | Fife | Scotland | Won competition to secure job | | 1916(?) | Ardtaraig | Dunoon (near) | | Argyll | Scotland | Remodelling | | 1918(?) | Rosyth Garden City development | Rosyth | | Fife | Scotland | Worked on the scheme while Mottram was in the army |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p33 | | Scottish Biographies | 1938 | | | E J Thurston (pub.) | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
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