Sir Richard John Allison (1869–1958) was a
Scottish architect
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. From 1889 he was associated with the government
Office of Works
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in
London
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(as example The Science Museum), and from 1914 was its Chief Architect.
Selected works
* The
Science Museum
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,
London
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(1919–28)
* The Duveen wing,
National Portrait Gallery, London (1933), with
J G West.
* The
Geological Museum
The Geological Museum (originally the Museum of Economic Geology then the Museum of Practical Geology), started in 1835 as one of the oldest single science museums in the world and now part of the Natural History Museum in London. It transfe ...
, London
* The
Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
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(1933), with J G West.
* The British
Ambassador's house in
Diplomatstaden
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Diplomatstaden encompas ...
,
Stockholm (1915).
[The architect was a "''british''" "Allison" also according to: ]
References
20th-century Scottish architects
1869 births
1958 deaths
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