Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Malcolm McIntosh (Mackintosh) | Designation: | | Born: | 6 December 1922 | Died: | 23 October 2000 | Bio Notes: | John Malcolm McIntosh was born on 6 December 1922 in Darjeeling, India, the son of George McIntosh, tea planter, and his wife Katherine Bennet Mitchell, nurse. He was educated at Bedford School in England and remained there until the outbreak of war when he left to volunteer for the services. He joined the Indian Army, was subsequently commissioned in the 45th Cavalry and posted to India. He fought throughout the war in the Burma Campaign but returned to Britain for demobilisation.
He enrolled at University College London to study architecture and graduated BA(Arch) in 1951 with a diploma in town planning the following year (?). He was admitted ARIBA in 1952.
In 1951 McIntosh took a position as assistant architect with the architects' department of Middlesex County Council but in 1953 moved to a similar position at the practice of Richards & Trollope, Sackville Street, London. The following year he joined David M R Aberdeen & Partners as senior assistant. Aberdeen had been one of McIntosh's first tutors and had recently won the competition for the Trade Union Congress building, Congress House, in London. It was working on this that McIntosh 'received his first live architectural experience'.
During this period in London McIntosh met and married Audrey Norah Beale who was a secondary school teacher. Their first three daughters were born there. In 1958 the family moved to Scotland where McIntosh took a post as senior assistant with Alison & Hutchison, rising to become associate partner in 1960 and principal in partnerhsip in 1961. He was elected ARIAS in 1958. He remained there until December 1963. In 1964 he founded the practice Scott & McIntosh with Walter Scott at 23 Windsor Street where he remained until his retirement in 1987.
He was elected FRIBA in 1968. He was FRIAS.
The practice was responsible for a number of significant buildings including the Elgin Crown Office building won in a competition in 1967, sponsored by the Ministry of Works, extensions to the Royal Observatory, work for the University of Edinburgh and for various housing associations both public and private. To all of these he gave 'the same meticulous attention to detial which became his hallmark'.
Outwith his professional life, McIntosh was interested in music and was a regular attender at Scottish Opera. He loved hill-walking, both in Scotland and abroad. On he retirement he and his wife moved to West Linton where they took up a new hobby of bookbinding, applying the same attention to detial and immaculate draughtsmanship that he had to his architectural work.
He died after a long illness during which he 'never lost his unfailing courtesy, integrity and compassion' at Hay Lodge Hospital, Peebles on 23 October 2000. He was survived by his wife Audrey and three daughters. His youngest daughter predeceased him.
[He is sometimes erroneously spelt 'Mackintosh'.] | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 19, Fernielaw Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | | | | | The Stables , Bogsbank Road, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland | Private | | 2000 | | | 16, Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1959 * | | | | 23, Windsor Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1970s | 1980s | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | After 1964 | City Hospital, geriatric unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | After 1964 | Hawick Health Centre | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | After 1964 | Western General Hospital, coronary care unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1965 | City Hospital, plastic surgery and oral surgery centre | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Sketch plans drawn | | 1966 | Clermiston House | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1966 | Newhailes Coachworks for Hall Brothers | Musselburgh | | Midlothian | Scotland | | | 1966 | Western General Hospital, gastro-intestinal unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1966 | Western General Hospital, Maternity Unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Extension and alterations | | 1966 | Western General Hospital, Metabolic Unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Extension | | 1966 | Western General Hospital, nurses' dining room | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1967 | Crown Office | Elgin | | Morayshire | Scotland | Won first prize in competition. | | 1967 | Leith Public Health Hospital | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Ward upgrading and teaching annexes | | 1967 | Public house | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1967 | Royal Observatory | Blackford Hill | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Extension | | 1968 | Bangour General Hospital, Burns Unit | Bangour | | West Lothian | Scotland | Alterations and extensions | | 1968 | Eighteen (18) old person's houses | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1968 | HM Dockyard, amenity centre for civilian workers | Rosyth | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1968 | Netherknowe students residences for Galashiels College of Textiles | Galashiels | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | | | 1969 | 100 houses, Snab Brae | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1969 | 27 houses | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1969 | 63 flats, Felton Green | Musselburgh | | East Lothian | Scotland | | | 1969 | Bangour Village Asylum | Uphall | | West Lothian | Scotland | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade | | 1969 | Gogarburn House | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Ward imrpovement and occupational therapy unit | | 1969 | Houses and flats | Musselburgh | | Midlothian | Scotland | | | 1969 | Houses and flats | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1969 | Old people's home and housing | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1969 | Old People's Home and housing | Clermiston | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1969 | Twenty-five (25) flats and three shops, Caird's Row | Musselburgh | | Midlothian | Scotland | | | After 1969 | Bangour Hospital, occupational therapy unit | | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | After 1970 | Western General Hospital, renal medicine unit | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1972 | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 7) | Bangour | | West Lothian | Scotland | Additions to villas | | 1972 | Bangour Village Hospital, villa 32 | | | West Lothian | Scotland | Additions | | 1972 | Royal Observatory | Blackford Hill | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Restoration and additions. | | 1973 | Carstairs State Institution | Carstairs | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New gatehouse | | 1976 | 23 houses for East Lothian District Council | Musselburgh | | East Lothian | Scotland | | | 1976 | Sheltered housing for the Bield Housing Association | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1976 | Sheltered housing for the Bield Housing Association | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1976 | Sheltered housing for the Bield Housing Association | Leven | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1977 | Western General Hospital, Animal Research Centre | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1979 | Perth Royal Infirmary, Tay and Earn Wards and Simpson Day Clinic | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p104 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Chartered Architect | December 2000 | 11.9 | | Obituary by Walter Scott | | RIAS Newsletter | February 2001 | v12, no1 | | Death notice |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | |
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