Alexander Buchanan Campbell (14 June 1914 – 13 May 2007) was a Scottish
architect. He was born in
Findochty,
Scotland.
He studied at the
Glasgow School of Art (where he later taught) and was apprenticed to the firm of
Gillespie, Kidd and Coia
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia was a Scotland, Scottish architecture, architectural firm famous for their application of modernism in churches and universities, as well as at St. Peter's Seminary (Cardross), St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Argyll and B ...
.
One of Buchanan Campbell's most notable works was the
Dollan Baths
Dollan Aqua Centre (previously known as Dollan Baths) is a 20th-century category A listed building in East Kilbride, Scotland.
Design
Designed by Alexander Buchanan Campbell and named after former Lord Provost Sir Patrick Dollan, it was opene ...
complex in
East Kilbride (opened 1968 and named after former Lord Provost Sir
Patrick Dollan
Sir Patrick Joseph Dollan (3 April 1885 – 30 January 1963) and his wife, Agnes, Lady Dollan (née Moir; 16 August 1887 –16 July 1966) were Glasgow activists in the Scottish Independent Labour Party. During the First World War the ...
). Influenced by the
Beaux-Arts style, his time with Coia and works of
Pier Luigi Nervi and
Kenzo Tange, the significance of Buchanan Campbell's Dollan Baths was recognised when
Historic Scotland listed it as
Category A in 2002.
Other significant work includes Craigie College,
Ayr and alterations to Gillespie, Kidd and Coia's Notre Dame College in
Bearsden
Bearsden () is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow. Approximately from Glasgow city centre, Glasgow City Centre, the town is effectively a suburb, and its housing development coincided with t ...
, Glasgow.
Buchanan Campbell was president of
Glasgow Art Club
Glasgow Art Club is a club for artists and lay members with an interest in the arts, that has become over the generations "a meeting place for artists, business leaders and academics".[Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is the professional body for architects in Scotland.
History
Previously the (lapsed) Architectural Institute of Scotland, it was re-founded in 1916 as the Incorporation of Architects in ...]
(1977–79).
In 1995 Buchanan Campbell gifted his papers to the
.
He was married to Sheila (Neville- Smith) Campbell, they had one daughter, Alexis Louise Leech, and one son, Euan Buchanan Campbell.
References
1914 births
2007 deaths
Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art
People from Moray
20th-century Scottish architects
Architects from Glasgow
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