Not to be confused with John Burnet, Scottish architect and father of John James Burnet.
For other people named John Burnet, see John Burnet (disambiguation).
John James Burnet
Sir John James Burnet
Born
31 May 1857
Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Scotland
Died
2 July 1938(1938-07-02) (aged 81)
Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality
Scottish
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Alma mater
École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Occupation
Architect
Awards
FRIBA; Knighthood; RSA; École des Beaux-Arts bronze medal (1914); École des Beaux-Arts gold medal (1922); Royal Gold Medal (1923 & 1938); RA (1925);
Practice
John Burnet and Son; later Burnet, Tait & Lorne
Buildings
Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow (1891); King Edward VII Gallery, British Museum, London (1905); Unilever House, London (1933)
Design
Neoclassical, Art Deco, Streamline Moderne
Sir John James BurnetFRSE FRIBA RSA RA (31 May 1857[1] – 2 July 1938) was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow and London. He was the son of the architect John Burnet, and later went into partnership with his father, joining an architectural firm which would become an influential force in British Modern architecture in the 20th century.
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memorials followed: the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli designed by JohnJamesBurnet; the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme and the Arras Memorial designed...
a collaboration between James Lomax-Simpson, the Unilever company architect and a member of its board, and JohnJamesBurnet and Thomas S. Tait, partners...
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Quadrangle of the Main Building of the university, and was designed by JohnJamesBurnet. The chapel is protected as a category A listed building. The university's...
notable examples including the Holmwood House villa, and likewise Sir JohnJamesBurnet, awarded the R.I.B.A.'s Royal Gold Medal for his lifetime's service...
the eastern edge of Aldwych, London. Designed by Scottish architect JohnJamesBurnet, the building was constructed in 1909–1910 as the London headquarters...
Athenaeum Theatre facing Buchanan Street designed by architect Sir JohnJamesBurnet. In 1928 the premises were substantially extended with a gift from...
such as axeheads, jewellery and combs. The 19th-century building, by JohnJamesBurnet, also houses the Registrars office and Customer Service Point for...
completely fill the block on which the museum stands. The architect Sir JohnJamesBurnet was petitioned to put forward ambitious long-term plans to extend...
Renfield Street and Gordon Street. In 1896, Forsyth commissioned JohnJamesBurnet to create a fashionably stylish department store. The roof was raised...
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more distinctive architecturally, designed in 1897 by the firm of JohnJamesBurnet. The village is home to a Salvation Army church and community centre...
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World War. The original memorial was designed by Scottish architects JohnJamesBurnet and Thomas S. Tait, and included sculptures by British sculptor Charles...
1882 to George Jardine Kidston. Kidston commissioned the architect JohnJamesBurnet to carry out a Scots Baronial style remodelling of the house, completed...
who at least notably experimented in Stripped Classicism included JohnJamesBurnet, Giorgio Grassi, Léon Krier, Aldo Rossi, Albert Speer, Robert A. M...
There he was a pupil of John Tillotson. Ralph Cudworth, the Master of Clare, moved to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1654, and Burnet followed him. He became...
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