[BITList] Sir George Gilbert Scott, creator of the Bombay University building

[John Feltham]

The Guardian,  Friday 8 July 2011

Next week also marks the bicentenary of the birth of the creator
of St Pancras, Sir George Gilbert Scott. He was the most prolific
architect of his age, and possibly of all time, and also the most
unsung. His works spanned the empire, from New Zealand to
Newfoundland. In England alone, he designed 800 buildings
and oversaw hundreds more restorations. He produced churches,
schools, hospitals, workhouses, asylums and vicarages galore. He
has 607 structures listed as historic, more than any other architect
(next is Lutyens, with 402), including the Albert Memorial, the
Foreign Office, Edinburgh Cathedral and the universities of Glasgow
and Bombay. Scott restored 18 of the 26 English medieval cathedrals.
>From his office his grandson, Giles, designed Liverpool Cathedral,
Battersea power station, red phone boxes and what is now Tate
Modern. Scott towered over his profession, yet he has no biography.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/08/sir-george-gilbert-scott-st-pancras


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