Basic Biographical Details Name: | David Alexander Murray | Designation: | | Born: | 27 April 1908 | Died: | 1979 | Bio Notes: | David Alexander Murray was born on 27 April 1908 and commenced his apprenticeship in the St Andrews branch office of Thoms & Wilkie in 1925, transferring the following year to Jamieson & Arnott in Edinburgh, where he remained as junior assistant and studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. During this period he was admitted ARIAS. Following the dissolution of the Jamieson & Arnott practice in 1936 he was engaged as senior assistant by the newly merged practice of Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson. Up to this time he had worked mainly on hospitals, city banks and insurance offices, large country houses, county buildings and county housing schemes.
In 1937 he moved to Newport, Monmouthshire as resident architect for the British Aluminium Company, to supervise the erection of the large industrial plant at Gold Harbour Farm. He returned to Edinburgh in 1940 to work in the British Aluminium Company's offices, and through his employment there obtained a deferment from national service during the Second World War, being engaged on work under the authority of the Ministry of Aircraft Producers. He was admitted LRIBA on 20 July 1943, his proposers being James Alexander Arnott, John Wilson and James Inch Morrison. He was also an Associate of the Edinburgh Architectural Association.
Murray had fully retired from practice by 1976 when he resigned his membership of the RIBA. Immediately prior to that time he had been living at 21 Wester Links, Fortrose but he had moved in that year to 'Gidan Yammata', Horsell, Woking, Surrey. He died in Chichester in 1979, his death being registered between October and December of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | British Aluminium Co, Alumina Works, Gold Harbour Farm, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales | Private/business | 1939 * | | | | 119, Trinity Road, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1943 * | | | | 21, Wester Links, Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland | Private | After 1943 | 1976 | | | Gidan Yammata, Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England | Private | 1976 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | James Alexander Arnott | 20 July 1943 | for Licentiateship | | James Inch Morrison | 20 July 1943 | for Licentiateship | | John Wilson | 20 July 1943 | for Licentiateship |
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 | | 1937 | British Aluminium Company Alumina Works, Gold Harbour Farm | Newport | | Monmouthshire | Wales | |
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 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no5464 (combined box 80) |
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