Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Alexander Budge Reid
Designation:
Born:	8 July 1905
Died:	1963
Bio Notes:	Alexander Budge Reid was born on 8 July 1905. He studied at Glasgow School of Art where he won a prize for measured drawings. He was articled to John Fairweather in Glasgow from 1930-35. He notes that he had a 'special opportunity' while in Fairweather's office of studying the design and construction of theatres and cinemas in the 1930s Fairweather's practice was mainly centred on cinema commissions. From 1935-37 senior assistant to H W Weeden awhere he worked on 'two cinemographic theatres in Dudley, Worcestershire and at Llanelly, which, according to Weedon he carried to 'my complete satisfaction'. In 1937 Reid moved to the post of Chief Architect in the Blackpool Tower & Winter Gardens Company Architectural Department. From 1940-41 he was senior architect and group leader with the architectural department of the contractor, Sir Lindsay Parkinson. From 1941 he worked with Rendel Palmer & Tritton, consulting engineers, and at the time of his election as LRIBA on 17 June 1941, he was employed in London on Government work. He continued to give his Dumfriesshire address all during this period so that the RIBA had continuity. He would appear to be the Alexander B Reid who died in Bristol in early 1963, the death being reported between January and March.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Cairndhuna/6, Charles Street, Annan, Dunfriesshire, Scotland	Private
	4, Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, England	Private	1960 *

* 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):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	John Fairweather	1930	1935	Apprentice
	Harry W Weedon	1935	1937	Senior Assistant
	Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens Company, Architects Department	1937	1939	Chief Architect
	(Sir) Lindsay Parkinson	1940	1941	Senior Assistant	Also Group Leader
	Rendel Palmer & Tritton	1941		Senior Assistant

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date proposed	Notes
	John Fairweather	17 June 1941	For Licentiateship
	E Douglas Selway	17 June 1941	For Licentiateship
	Harry W Weedon	17 June 1941	for Licentiateship

References

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