Gillian Harrison

Gillian Harrison
Born1898
Died1974
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
SpouseHarry St John Harrison
ChildrenRichard
Parent(s)Henry and Rose Cooke
AwardsFellow RIBA
PracticeAssociated architectural firm[s]

Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.[1]

Early life and education

After Roedean School, she trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture from 1917 to 1922, where she was one of the first four female students.[2]

Career

In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[3] The second woman elected FRIBA was Gertrude Leverkus.[4]

Harrison designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is in Littlestone, Kent where Cooke and Harrison (architects) designed three other houses for clients: Oberlander, Glukstein, and Paton[5]

Personal life

In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect.[6] Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison.[7] They had one child, a son, Richard.

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. ^ B, Lizzie (29 September 2022). "Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989)". Women Who Meant Business. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ Walker, Lynne (1984). Women architects: their work. Sorella Press. p. 21. ISBN 0950975400.
  6. ^ The lady's who's who. Pallas. 1938. p. 191.
  7. ^ The R.I.B.A. kalendar 1933-1934. The Royal Institute of British Architects. 1933. p. 94.


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