Edwin Alfred Rickards
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Edwin Alfred Rickards
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- Name
- Edwin Alfred Rickards
- Born
- 1872
- Died
- 29 August 1920
- Place of death
- Bournemouth, England
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920) was an architect, of British nationality. The architect was born in Chelsea and died in Bournemouth.
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• Name — Edwin Alfred Rickards • Born — 1872 • Died — 29 August 1920 • Place of death — Bournemouth, England • Occupation — Architect • Notable Works — Methodist Central Hall • Style — Baroque Edwin Alfred Rickards FRIBA (1872–1920) was an English architect.
Early life
Early life
Rickards was born in Chelsea in 1872. In 1887, Rickards was articled to Richard John Lovell, and attended both the Royal Academy Schools in London and attended classes at the Architectural Association.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London In 1889 he joined Eedle & Meyers as an assistant before moving into a work as an assistant for a variety of architects. This included George Campbell Sherrin, where he designed the lantern for Sherrin's dome at the Brompton Oratory in 1894. Rickards qualified in 1896 and went into partnership with architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart. Rickards was elected to the Art Workers' Guild in 1904, and as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906. He specialized in baroque architecture. He designed the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, in 1907. Rickards's portrait was painted by Frank Waldo Murray. Rickards designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1909).
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Rickards died on 29 August 1920. He appeared as a fictional character in Arnold Bennett's 1918 novel The Roll-Call.
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- 1.Curl, James Stevens. Rickards, Edwin Alfred (1872–1920). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2006. 978-0-19-172648-4.
- 2.Walker, David M. Basic Biographical Details: Edwin Alfred Rickards. Dictionary of Scottish Architects.
- 3.Rickards, Edwin Alfred 1872 - 1920. AHRnet Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950.
- 4.Survey of London, Volume 41. 50-57. 1983.
- 5.Arts Council England. Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920).
- 6.Giardini della Biennale. La Biennale di Venezia. 2017-02-24.
- 7.Richmond, Peter. Marketing Modernisms: The Architecture and Influence of Charles Reilly. Liverpool University Press. 14–16. 2001. 978-0-85323-756-3.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Brittain-Catlin, Timothy. Edwin Rickards. Liverpool University Press. 2023.
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