Archibald Leitch
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Archibald Leitch was a pioneering Scottish architect renowned for designing many of the United Kingdom’s most iconic early 20th-century football stadiums.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ stadium architect ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designed |
Anfield main stand elements
ⓘ
Ayresome Park stands ⓘ Bramall Lane stands ⓘ Celtic Park stands ⓘ Craven Cottage stand elements ⓘ Elland Road stand elements ⓘ Fratton Park stands ⓘ Goodison Park ⓘ
surface form:
Goodison Park stands
Hampden Park stands ⓘ Highbury early stands ⓘ Hillsborough early stands ⓘ Ibrox Stadium ⓘ
surface form:
Ibrox Park
Maine Road ⓘ
surface form:
Maine Road stands
Old Trafford original stands ⓘ Roker Park stands ⓘ St James' Park stand elements ⓘ Tynecastle Park stands ⓘ Villa Park ⓘ
surface form:
Villa Park stands
White Hart Lane stands ⓘ Windsor Park ⓘ
surface form:
Windsor Park stands
|
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Leitch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
industrial architecture
ⓘ
stadium design ⓘ |
| genre | sports architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Archibald ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of modern football stadiums in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
football ground safety and layout standards ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive criss-cross balcony balustrades on stands
ⓘ
use of steel-framed grandstands ⓘ |
| name | Archibald Leitch self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing early 20th-century football stadiums in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
pioneering football ground architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hampden Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Hampden Park terraces
Ibrox Stadium ⓘ
surface form:
Ibrox Park main stand
Old Trafford ⓘ
surface form:
Old Trafford original main stand
|
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Glasgow
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
various cities in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
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