Gerald Beech
Gerald Rushworth Beech (1921 – 2013) was an English architect.
Beech was born in 1921 in Congleton, Cheshire,[1][2] and educated at the University of Liverpool School of Architecture starting in 1937, and was a staff member there from 1948 to the 1980s.[3]
Beech also ran an architectural practice in Liverpool.[3] Cedarwood, a house he designed with Dewi-Prys Thomas in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, was named "House of the Year" in 1960 by Woman's Journal.[4][5] In 1975 he was elected as chairman of the North West Regional Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[1]
Beech died in 2013.[3] The Gerald Beech Partnership Papers are held by the University of Liverpool Library.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Special Collections & Archives :: Search :: Results :: Display in Summary". Sca-arch.liv.ac.uk. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=gerald%20r&lastname=%20beech&eventyear=1921&eventyear_offset=2
- ^ a b c "Gerald Beech - School of Architecture - University of Liverpool". Liverpool.ac.uk. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ The Twentieth Century Society (2017). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 9781849944373.
- ^ "Biography". Dewi-Prys Thomas Trust. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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