1. Donald Hanks McMorran RA FRIBA FSA was an English architect who is known today for his sensitive continuation of the neo-Georgian and classical tradition in the period after the Second World War.
12 Facts About Donald McMorran
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Donald McMorran's buildings include halls of residence at the University of Nottingham, Wood Street Police Station in the City of London, public housing schemes around London, the South Block extension to the Old Bailey and civic buildings in Exeter and Bury St Edmunds.
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Donald Hanks McMorran was born in 1904 in Wallasey, Cheshire.
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In 1925 Donald McMorran was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects as the RIBA Pugin Student.
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From 1927 to 1935, Donald McMorran worked as assistant to the architect Vincent Harris.
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Subsequently, Donald McMorran went into partnership with fellow architect George Whitby.
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Donald McMorran was the architect of a number of housing estates around London, including the Lammas Green housing estate at Sydenham Hill, London ; estates in Hampstead, Poplar, Sydenham and Richmond upon Thames.
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Donald McMorran was elected as an associate member of the Royal Academy of Art in 1955, before being elected as a full member in 1962.
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Donald McMorran was a Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1956.
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Donald McMorran's work is characterised by carefully chosen materials, well-detailed and handsomely proportioned facades with minimal classical detail, showing the influence in particular of the work of John Soane.
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Donald McMorran was not narrow-minded in his attitude to the Modern Movement, and as assessor in the City of London's Golden Lane housing competition he awarded first place to the young Modernists, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.
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Donald McMorran served as Treasurer at the Royal Academy from January 1965 until his death later that year at Dorking, Surrey.