Basic Biographical Details

Name: Alexander ( 'Sandy') Henry Bannerman
Designation:  
Born: 8 October 1927
Died: 17 December 2021
Bio Notes: Alexander ( 'Sandy') Henry Bannerman was born in Aberdeen on 8 October 1927, the son of Alexander Henry Bannerman, meat salesman, and his wife Jane Elizabeth Strachan. He studied for the diploma in architecture in Aberdeen and for a further degree in town planning in Glasgow. He was awarded a distinction in his thesis, and won the RIBA Archibald Dawnay Scholarship in 1949 and the Hunter Barsary in 1955.

He would seem to have started his career in Harlow New Town but moved East Kilbride and then by 1960 he was working for Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation. However he had moved to Co. Armagh in Northern Ireland in 1965 where he became director of the Craigavon Development Commission From 1973 he was Divisonal Planning Officer, Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland. In 1977 he returned to Scotland where he was briefly a partner with W J Cairns & Partners in Edinburgh and then held the post of Chief Architect of the Glenrothes Development Corporation from 1980-1992.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 635, Elmbank Terrace, Aberdeen, ScotlandPrivatec. 1954  
Item 2 of 68, Park Way, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, ScotlandPrivate1960 *  
Item 3 of 625, Old Rectory Park, Portadown, Craigavon, Armagh, Northern IrelandPrivate(?)1970  
Item 4 of 6Craigavon Development Commission, Batchelors Walk, Portadown, Craigavon, Armagh, Northern IrelandBusiness1979 *  
Item 5 of 6Glenrothes Development Corporation/Balbirnie House, Glenrothes, Fife, ScotlandBusiness1990 *  
Item 6 of 6Eden, Rosabeg, Co Donegal, EireBusiness1996 *  

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 7Harlow New Town Development Corporationc. 1956c. 1957Architect 
Item 2 of 7East Kilbride Development CorporationLate 1950s Architect 
Item 3 of 7Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation1960 * Architect 
Item 4 of 7Craigavon New Town Corporation19651973Architect/Planner 
Item 5 of 7Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland19731977Planning OfficerDivisional Planning Officer
Item 6 of 7W J Cairns & Partners19771980Partner 
Item 7 of 7Glenrothes Development Corporation (or Glenrothes New Town Development Corporation)19801992Chief Architect 

* 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 51976Operations and residential buildingsFlotta Terminal OrkneyScotland 
Item 2 of 51976Private housingFinstownMainlandOrkneyScotland 
Item 3 of 51978Private shepherds' housing, farmhouse and sheep steadingsMegget Valley MidlothianScotland 
Item 4 of 51978Pumphouse, control buildings and outlet tower, Megget Valley reservoirMegget Valley MidlothianScotland 
Item 5 of 51980Operations and residential buildingsFlotta Terminal OrkneyScotlandExtensions to residential buildings

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 6Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A1996A History of Scottish Architecture  p570
Item 2 of 6RIBA1961Kalendar 1960-61   
Item 3 of 6RIBA1970RIBA Directory 1970   
Item 4 of 6RIBA1979Directory of members   
Item 5 of 6RIBA1990RIBA Directory of Members   
Item 6 of 6RIBA1996Directory of Members 1996   

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1National Archives (via Scotlands People)Statutory births