Basic Biographical Details Name: | Philip Cocker & Associates | Designation: | | Born: | 1960 | Died: | 1971 | Bio Notes: | Philip Stanley Cocker was born on 29 May 1928 in Bolton, Lancashire, and was educated at the County Grammar School from 1939. On completion of his schooling in 1944 he was articled to T E Smith & Son of Bolton, and while serving his articles he studied part-time at Manchester School of Art. In Smith’s office he was involved in projects for factories, public houses, private houses, surveying and drafting.
On completion of his apprenticeship in 1948 he secured an appointment as an assistant in Manchester City Architects Office, where he worked on a residence for unmarried pregnant girls and also saw the construction of the first building to his own designs - a block of public toilets with a tapered concrete flat roof. After two years in that office he was appointed Assistant Architect to the Housing Architects Office in the same city, where he was personally responsible for the design of flats, sheltered cottages and groups of shops with maisonettes above, as well as being involved in the planning and layout for the main programme of 3000 dwellings per year.
Cocker was admitted ARIBA in 1952. The following year he secured the post of Senior Architect in Middlesbrough Town Council’s Chief Architects Office. While in this post he was lead architect for a programme of some 1000 houses per annum, and carried out personal design work on three small district shopping centres with housing above. At the same time, he was studying Town and Country Planning as an external student at Manchester University, where he received his diploma in 1955; he became an Associate of the MTPI in the same year.
He moved to Scotland in 1956 to join the Chief Architects Office at Glenrothes New Town Development Corporation as an architect/planner. Here he focused on the design of residential districts, green landscaping and exhibitions, while spending his evenings working on architectural competitions and furniture construction. In 1960 he won the competition for the District Shopping Centre and adjacent housing at Grangemouth, as a result of which he set up his own practice there in the same year under the practice title Philip Cocker & Associates. It was also in 1960 that he became an Associate of the RIAS.
He was admitted FRIAS in 1966 and FRIBA in 1968. In 1971 he took Iain McLachlan and Kenneth Donald into partnership, the firm being known thereafter as Philip Cocker & Partners. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 66, Lumley Street, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Business | 1960 | 1971 | main office to 1970; branch office thereafter | | 44, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1968 | 1971 | branch office | | 11, Wemyss Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1970 | 1971 | main office |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Philip Stanley Cocker | 1960 | 1971 | Proprietor | | | Thomas Bryan Michie | 1967 | 1970 | Architect | |
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 | | 1960s | Offices for Bovis | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Date uncertain | | 1960s(?) | Offices for Thomson McLintock | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Reconstruction | | 1960 | District Shopping Centre | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Won open competition to secure job. | | 1960 | Kersiebank Avenue Housing and Shopping Centre, Grangemouth | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Design No. 2 awarded 1st prize | | 1961 | Avongrange Arms, The | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1961 | The Scores Hotel | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | new bar | | 1962 | Airfield Housing Scheme, 24 houses | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1962 | Competition design for housing site | Blackburn | | West Lothian | Scotland | Winning competition design. | | 1962 | District Shopping Centre, betting shop | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1962 | House, 3 Saltcoats Drive | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | 26 Saxe Coburg Place | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Subdivision into 4 flats. | | 1963 | Airfield 5 housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Avongrange Arms, The | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Additional bar. | | 1963 | House, 2 Saltcoats Drive | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Link housing, Polmontbank | Polmont | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Link housing, Southfield | Barnton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1963 | Zetland Park, badminton and changing pavilion | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Won limited competition to secure job. | | 1964 | 8 Royal Circus | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Subdivision into 8 flats. | | 1964 | Clydesdale Bank manager's house, Park | Cumbernauld | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1964 | Mahratta Restaurant | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | New bar. | | 1964 | Office block, Flemington Road | Glenrothes | | Fife | Scotland | This may be the same as the 'Offices, Queensway' - see separate record. | | 1965 | 29 Craigmillar Park | Craigmillar | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Conversion to 10 flats. | | 1965 | Airfield 7 housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1965 | Avongrange Arms, The | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | 16-bedroom hotel extension. | | 1965 | Cramond Green and Craigleith House housing | Cramond | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1965 | Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Pathology Laboratories | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Reconstruction | | 1965 | Masterplan for 670-acre development, Glenbervie | Stirling | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1965 | Offices, Queensway | Glenrothes | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1965 | Town Centre Development | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | 9 Morningside Park | Morningside | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Subdivision into 10 flats. | | 1966 | Cumbernauld Village Redevelopment | Cumbernauld | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Craigshill 6 housing scheme | Livingston | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1967 | Twelve Advance Factories, Eastfield | Glenrothes | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1967 | Village 7, Village 8 and Village 9, housing and expansion of village | Cumbernauld | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1968 | 4 Cargill Terrace | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1968 | 43 flats, Sydenham Road | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Design and planning approval. | | 1968 | Grangemouth Docks, amenity block | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1968 | Howden L housing scheme | Livingston | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1968 | Link Housing, Brington Road | West Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1968 | Link Housing, St Bernard's Crescent | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Addition - final termination to W tenement | | 1968 | Shop and offices for Pearl Assurance Company, High Street | Kirkintilloch | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1968 | The Dutch Inn public house, Skinflats | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1969 | Liberton Golf Club | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Extensions. | | 1969 | Scout hall, Blinkbonny | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1970 | House, Whitehouse Road | Cramond | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1970 | Muirfield Park housing | Gullane | | East Lothian | Scotland | | | 1970 | The Dutch Inn public house, Skinflats | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Addition of dining room. | | 1971 | 30 flats, Ellisland Road | Newlands | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1971 | Grangemouth Rugby Clubhouse | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Philip Cocker | Information sent via DSA website, November 2009 | | Biography and job list. |
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