Sir Giles Gilbert Scott | |
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![]() Scott in 1924 at the time of the consecration of Liverpool Cathedral | |
Born | |
Died | 8 February 1960 Bloomsbury, London, England | (aged 79)
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings |
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.
Scott came from a family of architects. His father George Gilbert Scott Jr. was a co-founder of Watts & Co., which Scott became the second chairman of. He was noted for his blending of Gothic tradition with modernism, making what might otherwise have been functionally designed buildings into popular landmarks.