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John James Burnet

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Sir John James Burnet, (31 March 1857 – 2 July 1938) was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow, Scotland and London, England. [1]

86 relations: Adelaide House, Alcoholism, Alhambra Theatre Glasgow, Art Deco, Arthur Beresford Pite, Arts and Crafts movement, École des Beaux-Arts, Balmoral Hotel, Baroque architecture, Baroque Revival architecture, Blythswood Hill, British Museum, Campbeltown, Catholic Church, Cenotaph, Charing Cross, Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Colinton, Congregational church, Dermatitis, Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Duart Castle, Edinburgh, Edward VII, Edwardian architecture, England, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Frieze, Gallipoli, George Eastman, George V, Glasgow, Glasgow City Chambers, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow University Union, Gordon Tait, Grangemouth, Greek Revival architecture, Henri Paul Nénot, Hyndland Secondary School, James David Marwick, Jean-Louis Pascal, Jerusalem, John Archibald Campbell, John Belcher (architect), John Burnet (architect), John Mossman, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvinside railway station, Knight, ..., Lancashire Landing Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, London, London Bridge, Mary of Teck, Modern architecture, Neoclassical architecture, Office of Works, Paris, Paris Commune, Polmont, Port Tewfik Memorial, Richard Phené Spiers, Rowledge, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Gold Medal, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Royal Institute of British Architects, Royal Scottish Academy, Sauchiehall Street, Scotland, Selfridges, St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Stenhousemuir, Streamline Moderne, Surrey, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Thomas S. Tait, Unilever House, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Usher Hall, Warriston Cemetery, Wemyss Bay, William Hunter (anatomist), World War I. Expand index (36 more) »

Adelaide House

Adelaide House is a Grade II listed office building in London's primary financial district, the City of London.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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Alhambra Theatre Glasgow

The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow opened on 19 December 1910 at the corner of Waterloo Street and Wellington Street, Glasgow under the direction of Sir Alfred Butt and was acknowledged as one of the best equipped theatres in Britain, planned to accommodate 2,800 people.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Arthur Beresford Pite

Arthur Beresford Pite (2 September 1861 – 27 November 1934) was a British architect.

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Arts and Crafts movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s.

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École des Beaux-Arts

An École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) is one of a number of influential art schools in France.

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Balmoral Hotel

The Balmoral (originally built as the North British Station Hotel) is a luxury five-star property and landmark in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church.

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Baroque Revival architecture

The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France), was an architectural style of the late 19th century.

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Blythswood Hill

Blythswood Hill is one of the drumlins, overlooking the River Clyde, and forming the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and was developed as one of its prestigious residential areas from 1800 onwards.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Campbeltown

Campbeltown; (Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or Ceann Locha) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Charing Cross, Glasgow

Charing Cross is a major road junction in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist.

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Colinton

Colinton (Baile Cholgain) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 6 kilometres south west of the city centre.

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Congregational church

Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

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Dermatitis

Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a group of diseases that results in inflammation of the skin.

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Dictionary of Scottish Architects

The Dictionary of Scottish Architects is a publicly available online database that provides biographical information about all architects known to have worked in Scotland between 1840 and 1980, and lists their works.

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Duart Castle

Duart Castle or Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic is a castle on the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, within the council area of Argyll and Bute.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Edwardian architecture

Edwardian architecture is an architectural style popular during the reign of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1901 to 1910).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Frieze

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.

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Gallipoli

The Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası; Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, Chersónisos tis Kallípolis) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.

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George Eastman

George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow City Chambers

The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square.

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Glasgow School of Art

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is Scotland's only public self-governing art school offering university-level programmes and research in architecture, fine art and design.

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Glasgow University Union

Glasgow University Union (GUU) is one of the largest and oldest students' unions in the UK, serving students and alumni of the University of Glasgow since 1885.

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Gordon Tait

Gordon Thomas Tait (12 March 1912 – 3 October 1999) was a British architect, active in London.

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Grangemouth

Grangemouth is a town in east Stirlingshire and is part of the Falkirk council area, Scotland.

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Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States.

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Henri Paul Nénot

Henri Paul Nénot (27 May 1853 – 1934) was a noted French architect.

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Hyndland Secondary School

Hyndland Secondary School is a non-denominational state comprehensive school in the Hyndland area of Glasgow, Scotland.

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James David Marwick

Sir James David Marwick FRSE LLD (15 July 1826 – 24 March 1908) was a Scottish lawyer, historian and town clerk.

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Jean-Louis Pascal

Jean-Louis Pascal (4 June 1837 – 17 May 1920) was an academic French architect.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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John Archibald Campbell

John Archibald Campbell (June 24, 1811 – March 12, 1889) was an American jurist.

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John Belcher (architect)

John Belcher (London 10 July 1841 – 8 November 1913 London) was an English architect and musician.

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John Burnet (architect)

John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow.

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John Mossman

John G. Mossman (London 1817–1890) was one of a number of English sculptors who dominated the production and teaching of sculpture in Glasgow for 50 years after his arrival with his father and brothers from his native London in 1828.

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Kelvinside railway station

Kelvinside railway station was located on Great Western Road, next to the current Gartnavel General Hospital in the Kelvinside area of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Lancashire Landing Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Lancashire Landing Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Bridge

Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London.

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Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King George V. Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born and raised in England.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Office of Works

The Office of Works was established in the English Royal household in 1378 to oversee the building of the royal castles and residences.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Paris Commune

The Paris Commune (La Commune de Paris) was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871.

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Polmont

Polmont (Poll-Mhonadh) is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland.

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Port Tewfik Memorial

The Port Tewfik Memorial (also known as the Indian War Memorial) was originally situated at Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq), now called Suez Port, on the Suez Canal.

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Richard Phené Spiers

Richard Phené Spiers (1838 – 3 October 1916 London) was an English architect and author.

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Rowledge

Rowledge is a village in England on the Surrey–Hampshire border, centred south of the A31 and Farnham.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London.

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Royal Gold Medal

The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture.

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Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children was an NHS Scotland hospital in Yorkhill, Glasgow, specialising in paediatric healthcare.

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Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is the professional body for architects in Scotland.

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Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.

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Royal Scottish Academy

The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art.

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Sauchiehall Street

Sauchiehall Street is one of the main shopping and business streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Selfridges

Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom, operated by Selfridges Retail Limited.

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St Aloysius' College, Glasgow

St Aloysius' College is a selective fee-paying, independent, Jesuit school in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir (Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Streamline Moderne

Streamline Moderne, sometimes termed Art Moderne, is a late type of the Art Deco architecture and graphic design/style that emerged in the 1930s.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

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Thomas S. Tait

Thomas Smith Tait (1882–1954) was a prominent Scottish modernist architect.

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Unilever House

Unilever House is a Grade II listed office building in the Neoclassical Art Deco style, located on New Bridge Street, Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, London.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu; Universitas Glasguensis; abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

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University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

The Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, was consecrated on 4 October 1929, and is dedicated to the memory of the former students and staff of the University who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

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Usher Hall

The Usher Hall is a concert hall, situated on Lothian Road, in the west end of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Warriston Cemetery

Warriston Cemetery lies in Warriston, one of the northern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Wemyss Bay

Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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William Hunter (anatomist)

William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Burnet

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