John James Burnet

Sir John James Burnet FRSE FRIBA RSA RA (31 May 1857^[1] – 2 July 1938) was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow and London. He was the son of the architect John Burnet, and later went into partnership with his father, joining an architectural firm which would become an influential force in British Modern architecture in the 20th century.

Not to be confused with John Burnet, Scottish architect and father of John James Burnet.

John James Burnet

31 May 1857

Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Scotland

2 July 1938(1938-07-02) (aged 81)

Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland

Scottish

United Kingdom

École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Architect

FRIBA; Knighthood; RSA; École des Beaux-Arts bronze medal (1914); École des Beaux-Arts gold medal (1922); Royal Gold Medal (1923 & 1938); RA (1925);

John Burnet and Son; later Burnet, Tait & Lorne

Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow (1891); King Edward VII Gallery, British Museum, London (1905); Unilever House, London (1933)

Neoclassical, Art Deco, Streamline Moderne

Family[edit]

In 1886 he was married to Jean Watt Marwick (1864–1949), daughter of Sir James David Marwick.

Gardner Memorial Church, Brechin (1896)

Clyde Navigation Trust (Clydeport) Building, Robertson Street, Glasgow (1883 and 1905)

Barony Church, High Street, Glasgow (1886)

John McIntyre Building, University of Glasgow () (1886)^[15]

Glasgow University Union

Charing Cross Mansions, (1891)

Charing Cross, Glasgow

Athenaeum, 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow (1886)

New Athenaeum Theatre, 179 Buchanan Street, Glasgow (1891)

Royal Faculty of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, St Vincent Street, Glasgow (1892)

Glasgow Savings Bank, 177 Ingram Street, Glasgow (1896)

Albany Chambers, , Glasgow (1896)

Sauchiehall Street

King Edward VII Gallery, , London (1905)

British Museum

RW Forsyth's Department Store, Gordon Street, Glasgow (1896 and 1906)

RW Department Store, Princes Street, Edinburgh (1906)

Forsyth's

Broomhill Trinity Congregational Church, Broomhill, Glasgow (1907)^[17]

[16]

Kodak, Kingsway, London(1909)

General Accident Assurance, Aldwych, London (1909)

Restoration of , Isle of Mull (1911)

Duart Castle

Wallace Scott Tailoring Institute, Cathcart, Glasgow (1913)

Royal Institute of Chemistry, London (1914)

(1915)

Lancashire Landing Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Balliol College Chapel, Oxford (1916)

Department Store, London (1919)

Selfridges

Glasgow University Zoology Building (1922)

War memorials at , and Jerusalem

Gallipoli

in George Square, Glasgow (1924)

Glasgow Cenotaph

University of Glasgow (1924)

Hunter Memorial

London Bridge Approach, London (1925)

Adelaide House

Daily Telegraph Building, Fleet Street, London (1925)

North British & Mercantile Assurance, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow (1925)

Lloyds Bank, Lombard Street, London (1927)

(1929)

Sydney Harbour Bridge

(1929)

University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Blackfriars, London (1930–33, with James Lomax-Simpson)

Unilever House

Among his surviving works are:

Other work has been destroyed or demolished, including:

Burnet's unsuccessful competition designs for prominent building projects included:

[1]

– biography on Dictionary of Scottish Architects

Sir John James Burnet

Brief history of John Burnet & Sons practice

Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine

John James Burnet