Giles Gilbert Scott : Architecture Information + Images

Key Projects GG Scott - Key Buildings Albert Memorial Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, West London, southeast England 1872-76 Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, northwest England 1924 photograph © adrian welch Giles Gilbert Scott + G. F. Bodley After the death of Bodley in 1907, Giles redesigned Liverpool Cathedral. Consecrated in 1924, it was completed in 1978. Giles Gilbert Scott : Liverpool Cathedral Roman Catholic Cathedral of Oban, nothwest Scotland 1931-51 photo © adrian welch Giles Gilbert Scott : Scottish cathedral The two Scott brothers created some landmark designs for England and Scotland: the classic red phone box, Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral and Edinburgh's soaring spires - St Mary's Cathedral: Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) Pembroke College, Cambridge Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool Guild Hall, London St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales - Cathedral English red telephone box - K6 Shanghai Anglican Cathedral, China New Bodleian Library, Oxford, England 1940 More projects online soon Sir Giles Gilbert Scott is George Gilbert Scott's grandson. Giles Gilbert Scott - Classic Red Telephone Box The K6 "Jubilee" model phone boxes were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935. The English Post Office organised a competition in 1924 requesting leading architects to submit ideas for a new cast-iron kiosk. The K2 phonebox first appeared in 1926 but only 1,500 were made, all located in London. The Post Office needed a design that was economical enough to be used outside of London so Giles Gilbert Scott designed the K3, made out of reinforced concrete and half the price of the K2. They were first introduced in 1927 and painted in cream, which was considered more in keeping with rural settings. More than 12,000 K3 kiosks were installed nationwide but due to their concrete construction these proved to be fragile. Cambridge Buildings Giles Gilbert Scott - London building Whitelands College, Sutherland Grove, Putney, south-east London 1931 Grade II Listed Converted 2006 by KSR Architecture & Interiors George Gilbert Scott: St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh: photo © adrian welch More Scottish Architects: Scottish Architecture

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