Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alan Colin Turner | Designation: | | Born: | 1927 | Died: | 1968 | Bio Notes: | Alan Colin Turner was born in 1927 in Gravesend in Kent. He studied at the Polytechnic in London. and was elected ARIBA in 1953. From that year he worked for Tripe & Wakeham in their office in Kuwait where he was responsible for and design and construction of a large elementary school and was also responsible for other in London and Kuwait. In 1955 he left to set up business on his own account. He was based in the south of England but undertook at least two housing projects in Northern Scotland, at Nairn and Inverness.
In 1960 he was working in partnership with Robert Arthur Kitching as Turner & Kitching. Kitching had also studied at the Polytechnic and had been elected ARIBA in 1951. He was elected FRIBA on 2 October 1968, proposed by E T Ashley-Smith, Rodney J Allan, and John H Browne. By that date his office staff consisted of one other architect, David Swann, two technicians, one junior assistant and one secretary. The practice was based in Gravesend. The practice undertook a wide range of work including hotels, commercial and industrial developments, multi-storey flats etc.
Turner died young between July and September, 1968. By 1970 Kitching had moved to Australia and was working in Melbourne in the practice Norman C Smith & R A Kitching. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 20, Stone Street, Gravesend, Kent, England | Private | Before 1956 | | | | 137, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, England | Business | 1960 | | | | 17a, Sheppy Place, Gravesend, Kent, England | Business | 1965 * | | | | 129/130, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, England | Business | 1968 * | | | | 259, Singlewell Road, Gravesend, Kent, England | Private | 1968 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Tripe & Wakeham | 1953 | 1955 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Rodney J Allan | 2 October 1968 | For Fellowship | | E T Ashley-Smith | 2 October 1969 | For Fellowship | | John H Browne | 2 October 1968 | For Fellowship |
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 | | Before 1968 | Private development of 184 houses | Inverness | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | | | Before 1968 | Private development of 205 houses | Nairn | | Nairnshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1956 | Kalendar 1956-57 | | | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | | | RIBA | 1965 | The RIBA Kalendar | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F no6427 (Combined box 138) |
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