Colin McWilliam (1928 - 1989) was an English architecture academic and author. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation
Born in London, he graduated from the University of Cambridge and became Director of the Scottish National Buildings Record, then the Assistant Secretary of the National Trust for Scotland. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS ( Scottish Gaelic: Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes He also directed architectural history and conservation at Heriot-Watt University. Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United Kingdom, although it only received He was also a founder of the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Project.
In the 1970s he was approached by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner who having completed the The Buildings of England series, was keen to extend the project to cover the rest of the UK. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of McWilliam went on to co-write two volumes in The Buildings of Scotland series and became the project's editor. Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of
He also designed a desk and a bookcase incorporating copies of a portrait medallion of Robert Adam by James Tassie, for the Cabinet Room in Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. Robert Adam ( 3 July 1728 &ndash 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical Architect, Interior designer Bute House ( Gaelic: Taigh Bhòid) is the Official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, who is the head of the Scottish The First Minister of Scotland (Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba First Meinister o Scotland is the head of the devolved Scottish
Colin McWilliam is commemorated on a plaque in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. Greyfriars Kirk, today Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, is a Parish Kirk ( church) of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow.
He was the father of the author Candia McWilliam. Candia McWilliam (born July 1 1955, Edinburgh) is a Scottish Author.
Publications
- Culross: A Short Guide (1962)
- Scottish Townscape (1975)
- Lothian, except Edinburgh (1978)
- Edinburgh (1984) (with David Walker and John Gifford)
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