James Glen Sivewright Gibson

James Glen Sivewright Gibson

James was born on 23rd November 1861 in Arbroath, Scotland. He was assigned to Ireland & Maclaren, Dundee from 1877 to 1881 and then after that a draughtboard with Pearce Brothers, engineers and then finally Alexander Hutchson. After James moved to London he worked for Harry Wilkinson Moore and then Thomas Edward Collcutt. Before doing his exam, he travelled to France and Italy when he came back and sat the qualifying exam which he passed in 1889. He then was admitted to the Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, his proposers being John Murray Robertson, Thomas Collcutt and James Brooks. Later that year he set up an independent practice but ended up going into partnership with Samuel Bridgeman Russell.

James made his career by winning competitions and designed places such as the London County Council hostel in Drury Lane in 1891, the West Riding County Hall in Wakefield which was completed in 1898, He co-designed Hull Central Library with Francis Runcie Chalmers and also designed the Middlesex Guildhall in 1913 which is said to be one of James’s greatest achievements.

Here are some of the buildings that James has designed;

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Reference:

http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk

Gibson, James Glen Sivewright (1861-1951)

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/gibson/1.html

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/remarkable-history-city-s-public-libraries/story-18381636-detail/story.html