Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Robert Jestyn Gwent Forestier-Walker |
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| Born: | 1920 |
| Died: | September 1994 |
| Bio Notes: | Robert Jestyn Gwent Forestier-Walker was born about 1920. From 1949-1950 he worked as assistant in the office of Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew. In the latter year he moved to a similar post with J M Austin Smith & Partner, followed in 1952 by a spell with T P Bennett & Son. He moved to India and was in 1953 architect to the Government of Punjab, moving the gollowing year to West Pakistan to a similar post, followed in 1956 by a post in India as resident architect with Brown Moulin & Antrim, this post primarily for the execution of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He returned to Britain in 1959 and worked in the Edinburgh office of Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (latterly Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners) until 1963. He specialised in hospital design. From 1963 to 1964 he worked on his own account. He was elected FRIBA in 1968, proposed by Llewelyn-Davies, S E T Cusdin and John Weekes. He joined the practice of Lord Llewlyn-Davies at some point in the 1960s. He died in September 1994 in Herefordshire. |
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
 | J M Austin-Smith & Partners | 1949 | 1950 | Assistant | |
| Fry, Drew & Partners | 1949 | 1950 | Assistant | |
| T P Bennett & Son | 1952 | Assistant | ||
| Brown Moulin & Antrim | 1956 | 1959 | Architect | |
| Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (RMJM) | 1959 | 1961 | Edinburgh office | |
| Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | 1961 | 1963 | Architect | Edinburgh office |
Buildings and Designs
| This 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 | |
| 1955(?) | Edinburgh Royal Infirmary | Edinburgh | Scotland | |||
References
Bibliographic References
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| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | RIBA Publishing | p299 | |
Archive References
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| Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | L no6176 (Combined Box 123) | |