Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Scott Lawson | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | John Scott Lawson was articled to A Scobie & Son of Dunfermline on 27 January 1908. He passed the RIBA preliminary exam in June 1912 and completed his apprenticeship on 30 September that year, moving to Edinburgh to attend day classes at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. In June the following year he passed and was awarded second place in the RIBA Intermediate Exam, and received a National Scholarship in Architecture from the Board of Education, amounting to £60 for three years' study at the Royal College of Art, London. Prior to taking up the scholarship, he spent six months as draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson of Glasgow.
His scholarship was interrupted by war service, following which he was admitted ARIBA under the war exemption scheme on 3 March 1919, his proposers being John Watson, James Cumming Wynnes, and Beresford Pite, who wrote of him in his supporting statement: 'having studied under me at the Royal College of Art I can testify to his high abilities as a designer and architect, his work having always attained to an artistic and practical issue.' His nomination papers list his travels prior to that date as follows: three weeks at Lincoln Minster in August 1912; seven weeks studying medieval ecclesiastical and domestic architecture in Somerset and Dorset in 1914; and ten weeks studying fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Scottish baronial architecture in 1915.
It seems probable that he subsequently worked in Aberdeen as he was listed in the RIBA Kalendar of 1939-40 as an Associate of the Aberdeen Society of Architects. By that time he was living in Florida. In 1950 his address is recorded as being in Aberdeen and he has ARCA after his name. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 1, Castle Blair Park, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1919 * | | | | Aberdeen, Scotland(?) | Business(?) | After 1919(?) | Before 1939(?) | | | PO Box 1046, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America | Private/business | 1939 * | | | | 11, Albert Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland | Business | 1950 * | | | | 7, Winton Drive, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private/business | 1958 | | Lawson was living at and working from this address in 1958. |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Scobie & Son | 27 January 1908 | 30 September 1912 | Apprentice | | | Alexander Nisbet Paterson | June 1913 | November 1913 | Draughtsman | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
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 | | 1959 | Dunholm | Skelmorlie | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Rebuilding to new design |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
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 v24 no2733 (microfilm reel 23) |
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