Basic Biographical Details Name: | Peter Tinto | Designation: | | Born: | 22 April 1906 | Died: | 1971 | Bio Notes: | Peter Tinto was born on 22 April 1906 and commenced his architectural training in 1922, probably in the Glasgow Corporation Housing Department. Over the next fifteen years he gained considerable practical experience working on a wide range of projects including housing schemes, flats, cottages, tenements, shops, hostels, community centres, baths, libraries, and bowling and tennis club houses. He studied at Glasgow School of Architecture from 1926 to 1932 and at the Royal Technical College from 1934, specialising in Professional Practice and Reinforced Concrete at the latter. He was an Associate of the Glasgow Institute of Architects and was admitted ARIBA on 6 March 1939, his proposers being Thomas Harold Hughes, William James Smith and Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour. At that time he was an assistant in the Glasgow Corporation Housing Department.
Tinto appears to have moved to work for the Glenrothes Development Corporation in the 1950s. By that date he was also an Associate Member of the Town Planning Institute.
Tinto moved to England in the 1960s and died in Cleveland in 1971, his death being registered between July and September of that year.
Tinto, Peter. "Alternative Methods of House Construction." The Builder (28 June 1940): p757-58 | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Glenrothes Development Corporation, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland | | | | 1 February 1957 - Builder ref | | 49, Vennard Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1934 * | | | | 13, Monreith Road, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1939 * | | | | 3, Eglinton Drive, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1950 * | After 1957(?) | | | Woodside, Glenrothes, Markinch, Scotland | Business | 1951 | | | | 3, Eglinton Drive, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private(?) | 1960 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p80 | | 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 | | | RIBA | 1957 | The RIBA Kalendar 1957-1958 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1960 | The RIBA Kalendar 1959-1960 | 1959-1960 | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 24 August 1951 | | | p277 | | Builder | 1 February 1957 | | | p252 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional information from research by Iain Paterson (information from Douglas Cook) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no7144 (combined box 176) |
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