Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alexander Wingate | Designation: | | Born: | 1875 | Died: | 13 October 1915 | Bio Notes: | Alexander Wingate was born in 1875, the son of Walter Ewing Wingate and Mary Ann Taylor Wingate, of Glasgow and was educated at Kelvinside Academy. He was articled to Miles Septimus Gibson from 1892 to 1897, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art throughout this period. He then obtained a place in the office of John Burnet & Son, from which he moved to London in 1899 as assistant to Arthur Beresford Pite, enabling him to take classes at the Architectural Association and Heatherley's Life School. In 1901 he was awarded a medal in the Advanced Class of Design at the Architectural Association. He remained with Pite until 1903 when he commenced a year-long study tour of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, returning to continue practice in Glasgow in 1905. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, at which time his office was at 131 West Regent Street.
Along with George Bell II, Wingate was appointed Glasgow Institute of Architects representative to the Architectural Department of the Royal Technical College in 1913. He formed a partnership with James Campbell Reid in the following year, probably because Reid was planning to set up practice in London and needed someone to look after his Glasgow business. By that date Wingate had moved to 10 Blythswood Square.
Reid & Wingate's most important building was the McKechnie warehouse on Bell Street, Glasgow, a masterpiece of the classical modern genre. Unfortunately the partnership did not survive the First World War: Wingate, who had reached the rank of Second Lieutentant with the 9th Regiment Highland Light Infantry, was killed in action in France in October 1915 and was buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension. He left estate valued at £13,000 | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 4, Bowmont Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1892 | After 1897 | | | 131, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1909 | After 1915 | | | 61, Kersland Street, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1911 | After 1915 | | | 10, Blythswood Square, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Bennie Wilson | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 December 1913 | | | p 670 | | Builder | 4 May 1917 | | | p 288 - obituary | | RIBA Journal | 6 November 1915 | v23 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary p8, 13 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v21 no1685 |
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