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April 17, 2025
George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917), architect TAGS: architects | Architecture | George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) GEORGE MCDONALD SUTHERLAND AND HIS LOST ‘YEARS TO BE’… THE STORY OF A ROBBED CAREER. In his 1914 sonnets (III. The Dead), the war poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) wrote of …Continue reading →
Recent acquisition – Sketch-books of Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill (1880-1960) TAGS: architects | Architecture | Charles Lovett Gill | London Recently, a group of 13 sketch-books by the Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill were acquired by the Centre for Research Collections (Special Collections) for Edinburgh University Library. Gill was notable …Continue reading →
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