Gillian Harrison

Gillian Harrison
Born 1898
Died 1974
Nationality British
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) Henry St John Harrison
Awards Fellow RIBA
Practice Associated architectural firm[s]

Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.[1] After Roedean School, she trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture from 1917-1922, where she was one of the first four female students.[2]

In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[3] She designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is unknown.[4] In 1923, she married Henry St John Harrison, also an architect.[5] Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison.[6] They had one child, a son.

References

  1. Walker, Lynne. "Golden Age or False Dawn? Women Architects in the Early 20th century" (PDF). Historic England. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. "Women as architects". Architectural Association Journal. March 1918.
  3. "Obituary". RIBAJournal. April 1975.
  4. Walker, Lynne (1984). Women architects: their work. Sorella Press. p. 21. ISBN 0950975400.
  5. The lady's who's who. Pallas. 1938. p. 191.
  6. The R.I.B.A. kalendar 1933-1934. The Royal Institute of British Architects. 1933. p. 94.
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