Frank Arneil Walker
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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.[1][2] He writes regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of The South Clyde Estuary,[3] and co-author of The North Clyde Estuary and Central Glasgow 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 and co-written the Stirling and Central Scotland and Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire volumes.[4][5] The Argyll and Bute volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.[6] Mousa to Mackintosh, was published in 2023.[7] It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023 Saltire Society Literary Awards.[8]
Walker was awarded the OBE in 2002 for services to architectural history and conservation.[9]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scotland's National Book Awards 2023 Shortlist Announced". Saltire Society. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "OBEs N - Z". BBC News. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
