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Walker was educated at [[Paisley Grammar School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paisleyheritage.org.uk/post/paisley-grammar-school-a-storied-institution |title=Paisley Grammar School: A Storied Institution |website=www.paisleyheritage.org.uk |date=16 August 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> He studied at the [[Glasgow School of Art]] and then worked in practice for around ten years.<ref name="National Mousa">{{cite news |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23802454.what-makes-scottish-architecture-scottish--academics-book-asks/ |title='What makes Scottish architecture Scottish?', academic's book asks |first=Adam |last=Robertson |work=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |location=Scotland |date=21 September 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He was a lecturer in Architecture and building science at the [[University of Strathclyde]], and was involved in a cultural exchange programme with Czechoslovakia, taking a trip there in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EPFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4561%2C3408491 |title=Two Scots on Iron Curtain visits |work=[[The Evening Times]] |date=20 August 1977 |pages=2 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> He retired from the university in 2003, becoming an emeritus professor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/architecture/ourexcellenceawards/giaanddepartmentalannualawardslist/ |title=Architecture > GIA & departmental annual awards list |publisher=[[University of Strathclyde]] |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title =Department |publisher =University of Strathclyde |url =http://www.strath.ac.uk/architecture/department/ |accessdate =2010-12-11 |archive-date =3 December 2010 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101203171937/http://www.strath.ac.uk/architecture/department/ |url-status =dead }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He is also a contributor to the ''[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of Scotland|Buildings of Scotland]]'' series, having written ''Argyll and Bute'' and co-written the ''Stirling and Central Scotland'' and ''Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire'' volumes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jun/20/artsfeatures.arts |title=I say, what a lovely building! |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 June 2001 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/refugee-britain-nikolaus-pevsner-guide |title=The refugee who opened our eyes to the manmade beauty of Britain |first=Ian |last=Jack |work=The Guardian |date=19 November 2016 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> The ''Argyll and Bute'' volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12191753.With_its_own_place_in_history/ |title=With its own place in history |first=Philip |last=Cowan |work=[[The Herald (Scotland)|The Herald]] |date=19 April 2000 |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> ''Mousa to Mackintosh'' |
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He has written regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of ''The South Clyde Estuary'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G6hAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3809%2C3982672 |title=Guides which put you in the picture |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=16 December 1986 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Works: STIRLING AND THE TROSSACHS Charles McKean ABERDEEN: An Illustrated Architectural Guide W. A. Brogden THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY: An Illustrated Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew Frank Arneil Walker CLACKMANNAN AND THE OCHILS: An Illustrated Architectural Guide Adam Swan |first=John |last=Frew |journal=[[RSA Journal]] |volume=136 |number=5379 |date=February 1988 |pages=206–207 |jstor=41374545 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41374545}}</ref> and co-author of ''The North Clyde Estuary'' and ''Central Glasgow''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9Ag-AAAAIBAJ&pg=6272%2C1747650 |title=Guide to the City of Architecture |first=Carl |last=MacDougall |work=[[The Evening Times]] |date=23 December 1989 |pages=13 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> in the [[Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland]] series of handbooks on Scottish architecture. |
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| ⚫ | He is also a contributor to the ''[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of Scotland|Buildings of Scotland]]'' series, having written ''Argyll and Bute''<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Buildings of Scotland: Argyll and Bute. By Frank Arneil Walker (with Fiona Sinclair). 220mm. Pp xviii + 683, 64 pls. London: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0–14 071 079–5. Price not given. |first=Geoffrey |last=Stell |journal=[[Antiquaries Journal]] |publisher= Cambridge University Press |volume=81 |date=September 2001 |pages=415–416 |doi=10.1017/S0003581500072346}}</ref> and co-written the ''Stirling and Central Scotland'' and ''Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire'' volumes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jun/20/artsfeatures.arts |title=I say, what a lovely building! |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 June 2001 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/refugee-britain-nikolaus-pevsner-guide |title=The refugee who opened our eyes to the manmade beauty of Britain |first=Ian |last=Jack |work=The Guardian |date=19 November 2016 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> The ''Argyll and Bute'' volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12191753.With_its_own_place_in_history/ |title=With its own place in history |first=Philip |last=Cowan |work=[[The Herald (Scotland)|The Herald]] |date=19 April 2000 |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> ''Mousa to Mackintosh'' was published in 2023.<ref name="National Mousa"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/briefing/review-mousa-to-mackintosh-the-scottishness-of-scottish-architecture/5123839.article |title=Review - Mousa to Mackintosh: the Scottishness of Scottish architecture |first=Roger |last=Emmerson |work=[[Building Design]] |date=9 August 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023 [[Saltire Society Literary Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/mir-macinnes-and-hazard-among-authors-shortlisted-for-scotlands-national-book-awards |title=Mir, MacInnes and Hazard among authors shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards |first=Melina |last=Spanoudi |work=[[The Bookseller]] |date=26 October 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Walker was made [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2002 New Year Honours]] for services to architectural history and conservation.<ref>{{cite news |title=OBEs N - Z |work=[[BBC News]]| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2002/new_year_honours/1730240.stm |date=31 December 2001|access-date=11 December 2010}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:30, 19 September 2024
Frank Arneil Walker OBE is a Scottish architectural academic and writer. He is emeritus professor of architecture of the University of Strathclyde, having retired in 2003.
Career
[edit]Walker was educated at Paisley Grammar School.[1] He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and then worked in practice for around ten years.[2]
He was a lecturer in Architecture and building science at the University of Strathclyde, and was involved in a cultural exchange programme with Czechoslovakia, taking a trip there in 1977.[3] He retired from the university in 2003, becoming an emeritus professor.[4][5]
Author
[edit]He has written regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of The South Clyde Estuary,[6][7] and co-author of The North Clyde Estuary and Central Glasgow[8] in the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland series of handbooks on Scottish architecture.
He is also a contributor to the Buildings of Scotland series, having written Argyll and Bute[9] and co-written the Stirling and Central Scotland and Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire volumes.[10][11] The Argyll and Bute volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.[12] Mousa to Mackintosh was published in 2023.[2][13] It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023 Saltire Society Literary Awards.[14]
Awards an honours
[edit]Walker was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to architectural history and conservation.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paisley Grammar School: A Storied Institution". www.paisleyheritage.org.uk. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b Robertson, Adam (21 September 2023). "'What makes Scottish architecture Scottish?', academic's book asks". The National. Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Two Scots on Iron Curtain visits". The Evening Times. 20 August 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Architecture > GIA & departmental annual awards list". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Department". University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Guides which put you in the picture". The Glasgow Herald. 16 December 1986. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Frew, John (February 1988). "Reviewed Works: STIRLING AND THE TROSSACHS Charles McKean ABERDEEN: An Illustrated Architectural Guide W. A. Brogden THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY: An Illustrated Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew Frank Arneil Walker CLACKMANNAN AND THE OCHILS: An Illustrated Architectural Guide Adam Swan". RSA Journal. 136 (5379): 206–207. JSTOR 41374545.
- ^ MacDougall, Carl (23 December 1989). "Guide to the City of Architecture". The Evening Times. p. 13. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Stell, Geoffrey (September 2001). "The Buildings of Scotland: Argyll and Bute. By Frank Arneil Walker (with Fiona Sinclair). 220mm. Pp xviii + 683, 64 pls. London: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0–14 071 079–5. Price not given". Antiquaries Journal. 81. Cambridge University Press: 415–416. doi:10.1017/S0003581500072346.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (20 June 2001). "I say, what a lovely building!". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Jack, Ian (19 November 2016). "The refugee who opened our eyes to the manmade beauty of Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Cowan, Philip (19 April 2000). "With its own place in history". The Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Emmerson, Roger (9 August 2023). "Review - Mousa to Mackintosh: the Scottishness of Scottish architecture". Building Design. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Spanoudi, Melina (26 October 2023). "Mir, MacInnes and Hazard among authors shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "OBEs N - Z". BBC News. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
