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Peter Womersley : Architecture Information

Modern UK Architect : Scottish + English Projects

Peter Womersley Architecture - Photos of Gala Stadium Fairydean Stadium, Galashiels FC, Borders, Scotland 1965 photos © Adrian Welch Gala Fairydean Stadium This building is designed in a similar architecture style to Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. The raw shuttering of the concrete, the powerful angular forms and the focus on cantilever and buttresses in tension are dominant. This building was controversially listed by Historic Scotland in late 2006. Peter Womersley Building - News Farnley Hey, Huddersfield, England 1955 Currently for sale (Apr 2012) Website with sales details: http://www.wowhaus.co.uk/2011/06/04/on-the-market-1950s-farnley-hey-house-by-peter-womersley-in-farnley-tyas-near-huddersfield-west-yorkshire/#more-276 The residence has a Grade II listing. The unusual glass design of the house won widespread acclaim This Modern house is located in a 1.2 acre plot Peter Womersley Architect - Key Projects Peter Womersley Scottish Projects Health Centre, Kelso, Borders, Scotland 1967 Group Practice building Bernat Klein Studio, Selkirk, Borders, Scotland 1969-72 now listed, for Yugoslavian textile designer Bernat Klein Studio project, Scottish Borders, Scotland 2002- photo : Rebecca Wober Klein Studio : house, by architect Peter Womersley Dingleton Boiler House - redevelopment, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland 2008- image : studio DuB Dingleton Boiler House Redevelopment of the Boiler house, by architect Peter Womersley Garleton Unit, Herdmanflat Hospital, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland 1965 Under refurbishment in 2012. Monklands Leisure Centre, Bank Street, Langloan, Coatbridge 1977 One of Womersley’s final projects, rather dull Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital (WGH), Crewe, Edinburgh, Scotland - photo © Adrian Welch The Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit was a sophisticated purpose-built unit for transplantation which aimed to provide a "germ-free" environment for transplant patients. Peter Womersley Key Building Farnley Hey, or Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, 1952-55, by Peter Womersley: Farnley Hey house was built by Law Stead, a building company owned by Peter Stead, Architect, 1922-99, known for modern & inspirational architecture proposals.

Practice Information

Former English modernist architect practice

Peter Womersley (1923-93) was a British architect, known for his work in the modernist style.

This Modernist architect lived in the Scottish Borders.

He was influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and by the American Case Study Houses.

Another Modern Architect based in the UK with buildings in Scotland is Basil Spence

Modern Architects

Iconic Buildings

Modern Houses

photo : Morley von Sternberg

Architecture Studios

Bernat Klein Studio

This bold modern studio was voted 5th of the Best 100 Modern Scottish Buildings in Oct 2005. The building is being refurbished and redeveloped by Duffy & Batt Architects

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