James Louis Salmond (1868 – 12 March 1950) was a New Zealand architect active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of his buildings remain, particularly in
Otago. He established a practice carried on by his son and grandson into the 21st century.
Life
Born in
North Shields
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in 1868 the son of the Reverend Dr
William Salmond he emigrated as a child with his family when his father was appointed the first Professor of Theology at the Theological Hall in
Dunedin
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.
[Salmond, 2003, p.13] He attended
Otago Boys' High School
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and was articled to
R.A. Lawson. Through that association he met the artist
George O'Brien in 1888 and left an impression of him. He went into practice on his own account but later formed a partnership with Lawson when the latter returned to Dunedin in 1900. The practice later became Salmond and Vanes.
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Salmond designed more than twenty churches in Otago including the Presbyterian churches at Roslyn, Kaikorai and
Waikouaiti
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. He also designed the terrace houses on upper
Stuart Street and
Moray Place in Dunedin, the Bristol Piano Company building and the Queen's Buildings, both on
Princes Street and the first
Dental School
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building for the
University of Otago
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(now part of its
Clocktower complex). He was also responsible for work on
Knox College and designed the Grand Pacific Hotel in
Suva,
Fiji. There were also many domestic commissions.
Salmond's work is sober and solid. He used several of the revived styles current at the time, including the
Gothic, the
Classical and the
Baroque, the latter in the Bristol Piano Company building. What his buildings lack in flamboyance they make up in good proportions, sound construction and dignity. Salmond's son Arthur Louis Salmond (1906–1994) went into partnership with him. James Louis Salmond died in Dunedin in 1950, and was buried in
Andersons Bay Cemetery. A number of his close relations had distinguished careers, some in Law and Theology. His grandson Arthur John Salmond (1940–2008) carried on the practice until 2008. Another grandson is Auckland conservation architect
Jeremy Salmond.
Notes
Sources
*Entwisle, Peter, ''William Mathew Hodgkins & his Circle'', Dunedin Public Art Gallery,Dunedin, 1984.
*Knight, Hardwicke & Wales, Niel, ''Buildings of Dunedin'', John McIndoe Limited, Dunedin, 1988.
*Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, 1861-.
*Salmond, AJ, ''Knox College Conservation Plan 2004'', Salmond Anderson Ltd, Dunedin, 2003, pp. 13–14.
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1868 births
1950 deaths
People educated at Otago Boys' High School
Architects from Dunedin
English emigrants to New Zealand
People from North Shields
Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...