Emil Scherrer
Illustration — Manchester University Mathematics Tower, 1968 Emil Scherrer (10 April 1911 – 26 May 2006) was an architect who with Kenneth Hicks founded the firm of Scherrer and Hicks shortly after the Second World War when Scherrer was commissioned to design the first petro-chemical plant to be built in the United Kingdom. Other works included schools, laboratories, buildings for the water industry and the Manchester University Mathematics Tower (1968) with Edmund Percey. His firm was continued by Edmund Percey as Edmund Percey Scherrer and Hicks which still trades.
Emil Scherrer
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- Born
- 1911
- Died
- 2006
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- University of Manchester
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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Illustration — Manchester University Mathematics Tower, 1968 Emil Scherrer (10 April 1911 – 26 May 2006) was an architect who with Kenneth Hicks founded the firm of Scherrer and Hicks shortly after the Second World War when Scherrer was commissioned to design the first petro-chemical plant to be built in the United Kingdom. Other works included schools, laboratories, buildings for the water industry and the Manchester University Mathematics Tower (1968) with Edmund Percey. His firm was continued by Edmund Percey as Edmund Percey Scherrer and Hicks which still trades.
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Born in 1911, died in 2006.
Emil Scherrer studied at University of Manchester. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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