Basic Biographical Details

Name: Gordon Barry Gasson
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Bio Notes: Gordon Barry Gasson was an English architect. He studied for the diploma in architecture at Birmingham and was Owen Jones Student in 1959. He was elected ARIBA in 1960. By 1963 he had moved to work in New York. He studied at the University of Columbia for the degree MS(Arch) whilst in New York. He returned to England and studied at the University of Cambridge graduating MA. By 1970 he had formed a partnership with John Charles Christopher Meunier as Barry Gasson & John Meunier. He had a post in the School of Architecture at Cambridge from at least 1970, if not before.

In 1987 Gasson was practising under his own name with an office in Glasgow.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 5Studio 64/939 , 8th Avenue, New York, United States of AmericaPrivate1964 *  
Item 2 of 5School of Architecture/1, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandBusiness1970 *  
Item 3 of 5Boltons Warehouse/23, Tenison Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandPrivate1979  
Item 4 of 5150, Ingram Street, Glasgow, EnglandBusiness1987  
Item 5 of 5Wardlaw Farm, Auchentiber, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, ScotlandPrivate/business(?)1994  

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 41970Burrell Collection  GlasgowScotlandWith Meunier and Andreson
Item 2 of 41972Burrell Collection  GlasgowScotlandProject realised by Barry Gasson Architects
Item 3 of 41975Arts Council Exhibition, Treasures of the Burrell Collection, Hayward Gallery  LondonEngland 
Item 4 of 41976Museum of Agriculture  BagdadIraq 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 8Glendinning, Miles1997Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75  Tuckwell Press Ltdp41
Item 2 of 8RIBA1964The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64   
Item 3 of 8RIBA1970RIBA Directory 1970   
Item 4 of 8RIBA1979Directory of members   
Item 5 of 8RIBA1987RIBA Directory of Members 1987   
Item 6 of 8RIBA1994A Directory of RIBA Members   
Item 7 of 8Williamson, Riches, Higgs1990Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)  p616
Item 8 of 8Willis, Peter1977New architecture in Scotland  p15-16 Burrell Collection