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.
Career
Walker studied at the Glasgow School of Art and then worked in practice for around ten years.[1]
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.[2] He retired from the university in 2003, becoming an emeritus professor.[3][4]
Author
He has written regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of The South Clyde Estuary,[5][6] and co-author of The North Clyde Estuary and Central Glasgow[7] 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[8] and co-written the Stirling and Central Scotland and Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire volumes.[9][10] The Argyll and Bute volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.[11] Mousa to Mackintosh, was published in 2023.[1][12] It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023 Saltire Society Literary Awards.[13]
Awards an honours
Walker was awarded the OBE in 2002 for services to architectural history and conservation.[14]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
