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Keith Downes Young
Photographic portrait of Keith Downes Young.
Born12 September 1848
Richmond, Surrey, England
Died1 December 1929(1929-12-01) (aged 81)
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
EducationTonbridge School
OccupationArchitect

Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.

Biography

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Keith Downes Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848.[1] He attended Tonbridge School, after which, in 1865,[2] he was articled to his father, George Adam Young.[3] He studied at South Kensington School of Art and the Architectural Association.[3]

He commenced independent practice in London in 1871 and entered into partnership with his father the following year.[4] By 1886 he had entered into partnership with the church architect, Henry Hall, and their practice acquired a reputation for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.[3] The partnership of Young and Hall was considered to be the pre-eminent British architects in the designing of hospitals. By 1922 sixteen hospitals had been built to their designs and over thirty-five others had been remodelled and rebuilt under their direction.[5]

Young practiced for over fifty years, advising on approximately forty hospitals, either as new buildings or alterations,[1] including the Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and Guy's Hospital Medical School.[3] Young held long-term positions as architect to the London Fever Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital. He was also appointed as Honorary Architect to the Royal Eye Hospital.[5]

Keith Downes Young died on 1 December 1929 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Selected works

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Hospitals:[3]

School Sanatoria:[3]

Other works:[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Keith Downes Young". Who's Who 1922. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U219640. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "K D Young & Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Gray, Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth. p. 394. ISBN 1-85326-908-5.
  4. ^ "Keith Downes Young". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b Notable Londoners, an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men (1922), London: London Publishing Agency, page 13; accessed 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "London Fever Hospital, New Isolation Block". The Builder. 22 December 1883.