Basic Biographical Details

Name: Robin Martin Kenneth Dunn
Designation:  
Born: c. 1924
Died:  
Bio Notes: Robin Martin Kenneth Dunn was born in about 1924. He studied architecture at the University of Liverpool. He was elected ARIBA in 1950. He worked as an architectural assistant with the Building Centre in London, moving in 1951 to the office of Sir Hugh Casson. In 1953 he established his own practice in which he was sole partner. He would appear to have joined William Norman Bruce George and John Kenneth Ormonde Trew in partnership in about 1955. Various Scottish works were in hand at the time of his election to FRIBA in 1969, proposed by Edmund Douglas Jefferiss Mathews, Nigel Herbert Farrington and John Edward Dennys.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 211, St Mary's Grove, London, EnglandPrivate1968 *  
Item 2 of 2Woodside, Plymouth, Devon, EnglandPrivatec. 2001  

* 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 2(Sir) Hugh Casson19511953Assistant Architect 
Item 2 of 2George Trew & Dunn1960s Partner 

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3John Edward Dennys5 February 1969For Fellowship
Item 2 of 3Nigel Herbert Farrington5 February 1969For Fellowship
Item 3 of 3Edmund Douglass Jefferiss Mathews5 February 1969For Fellowship

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 71963Foresterhill Medical Campus  AberdeenScotlandDevelopment Plan. Additions to west. Described in Dunn's Fellowship paper simply as 'Medical School'
Item 2 of 71963Science Library, University of Aberdeen  AberdeenScotlandPartner in charge
Item 3 of 71968Foresterhill Medical Campus, central refectory and staff club  AberdeenScotland 
Item 4 of 71969Foresterhill Medical Campus, university residences  AberdeenScotlandIn the course of building
Item 5 of 71971Foresterhill Medical Campus  AberdeenScotlandAdditions to west
Item 6 of 71971Foresterhill Medical Campus, Medical Library, Auditorium and Medical Chirurgical Society  AberdeenScotland 
Item 7 of 71973University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright buildingOld Aberdeen AberdeenshireScotland 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M2015The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen London and New Haven: Yale University Pressp200