Frank Arneil Walker
Frank Arneil Walker OBE is a Scottish architectural academic and writer. He is emeritus professor of architecture of the University of Strathclyde, having retired in 2003.
Career
[edit]Walker was educated at Paisley Grammar School.[1] He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and then worked in practice for around ten years.[2]
He was a lecturer in Architecture and building science at the University of Strathclyde, and was involved in a cultural exchange programme with Czechoslovakia, taking a trip there in 1977.[3] He retired from the university in 2003, becoming an emeritus professor.[4][5]
Author
[edit]He has written regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of The South Clyde Estuary,[6][7] and co-author of The North Clyde Estuary and Central Glasgow[8] in the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland series of handbooks on Scottish architecture.
He is also a contributor to the Buildings of Scotland series, having written Argyll and Bute[9] and co-written the Stirling and Central Scotland and Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire volumes.[10][11] The Argyll and Bute volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000.[12] Mousa to Mackintosh was published in 2023.[2][13] It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023 Saltire Society Literary Awards.[14]
Awards an honours
[edit]Walker was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to architectural history and conservation.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paisley Grammar School: A Storied Institution". www.paisleyheritage.org.uk. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b Robertson, Adam (21 September 2023). "'What makes Scottish architecture Scottish?', academic's book asks". The National. Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Two Scots on Iron Curtain visits". The Evening Times. 20 August 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Architecture > GIA & departmental annual awards list". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Department". University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Guides which put you in the picture". The Glasgow Herald. 16 December 1986. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Frew, John (February 1988). "Reviewed Works: STIRLING AND THE TROSSACHS Charles McKean ABERDEEN: An Illustrated Architectural Guide W. A. Brogden THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY: An Illustrated Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew Frank Arneil Walker CLACKMANNAN AND THE OCHILS: An Illustrated Architectural Guide Adam Swan". RSA Journal. 136 (5379): 206–207. JSTOR 41374545.
- ^ MacDougall, Carl (23 December 1989). "Guide to the City of Architecture". The Evening Times. p. 13. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Stell, Geoffrey (September 2001). "The Buildings of Scotland: Argyll and Bute. By Frank Arneil Walker (with Fiona Sinclair). 220mm. Pp xviii + 683, 64 pls. London: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0–14 071 079–5. Price not given". Antiquaries Journal. 81. Cambridge University Press: 415–416. doi:10.1017/S0003581500072346.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (20 June 2001). "I say, what a lovely building!". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Jack, Ian (19 November 2016). "The refugee who opened our eyes to the manmade beauty of Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Cowan, Philip (19 April 2000). "With its own place in history". The Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Emmerson, Roger (9 August 2023). "Review - Mousa to Mackintosh: the Scottishness of Scottish architecture". Building Design. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Spanoudi, Melina (26 October 2023). "Mir, MacInnes and Hazard among authors shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "OBEs N - Z". BBC News. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
