Giles Gilbert Scott

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Giles Gilbert Scott was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for designing iconic structures such as the red telephone box and major public buildings in the UK.

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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott 1

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instanceOf British architect
architect
designer
human
awardReceived Order of Merit
Royal Gold Medal
surface form: RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Royal Gold Medal
surface form: Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
birthDate 1880-11-09
birthPlace England
Hampstead NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
burialPlace St James Cemetery, Liverpool
surface form: St James's Cemetery, Liverpool
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1960-02-08
designed Bankside Power Station
Battersea Power Station
Cambridge University Library
K2 red telephone kiosk
K6 red telephone kiosk
Liverpool Cathedral
Waterloo Bridge
surface form: Waterloo Bridge (overall architectural treatment)
educatedAt Stonyhurst College
surface form: Beaumont College
era 20th century
familyName Scott
father George Gilbert Scott
surface form: George Gilbert Scott Jr.
fieldOfWork architecture
industrial design
givenName Giles
grandfather George Gilbert Scott
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
surface form: Royal Academy

Royal Institute of British Architects
name Giles Gilbert Scott self-link
nationality British
notableFor design of the British red telephone box
notableWork Bankside Power Station
Battersea Power Station
Cambridge University Library
Chester Cathedral
surface form: Chester Cathedral (restoration work)

St Alfege Church
surface form: Church of St Alphege, Bath

Guildhall
surface form: Guildhall, London (restoration after WWII bomb damage)

K2 red telephone box
K6 red telephone box
Liverpool Cathedral
Our Lady of Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street (remodelling)
Waterloo Bridge
surface form: Waterloo Bridge (London)

red telephone box design
occupation architect
industrial designer
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld President of the Royal Institute of British Architects
sibling Adrian Gilbert Scott
spouse Louisa de Sancha NERFINISHED
style Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture

Modernist architecture
eclectic style combining traditional and modern elements
title Sir

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Bankside Power Station architect Giles Gilbert Scott
Tate Modern buildingArchitect Giles Gilbert Scott
Waterloo Bridge currentBridgeDesigner Giles Gilbert Scott
this entity surface form: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott name Giles Gilbert Scott self-link