Hardback
288 pages
548 photographs
280 x 220mm
This meticulously detailed and lavishly illustrated book recounts the life and works of a select number of Ulster architects who played a significant part in forming the architectural landscape of Ulster in the period of the 1920s to 1970s. Each of them not only produced some individual buildings of special interest but most also had careers which were notable for their invariably pioneering example and sustained performance.
This select group — Ingleby Smith, Thomas Rippingham, R S Wilshere, R H Gibson, Padraic Gregory, John MacGeagh, Ben Cowser, Denis O’D Hanna, John McBride Neill, Philip Bell, Liam McCormick, Henry Lynch-Robinson, Noel Campbell, Tony Houston, Robert McKinstry, Gordon McKnight, James Munce, Donald Shanks, Adair Roche, Ian Campbell, and Joe FitzGerald — ranges from some who were first prominent in the inter-war years, to others who did not emerge or develop as architects until after World War II. A valuable record of a host of buildings, some already very familiar and recognisable to the public but others less so, with many here identified and documented for the first time.
Dr Paul Larmour was formerly Senior Lecturer and Reader in Architecture at Queen’s University. He is author of many books including Belfast City Hall: An Architectural History (UAH) and Modern Ulster Architecture (UAH, co-author). He was awarded Honorary Membership of the RSUA in 2000 and the RIAI in 2001 for his services to Irish architectural history.
