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William Binnie
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William Bryce Binnie FRIBA (c. 1885/1886 – ?) was a Scottish architect.
Binnie studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where he obtained a Gold Medal and spent a year Italy on a travel scholarship. In 1910 he moved to New York to work at Warren & Wetmore, where amongst other buildings, he worked on some of the detailings of the interior of Grand Central Station. In 1913 he returned to Britain to work as a draughtsman under Leonard Martin.
Binnie served in the Army during World War I, eventually attaining the rank of major. After peace broke up, he took up a position at the Imperial War Graves Commission, spending much of his time in France and Belgium designing memorials, including the one at Nieuwpoort in West Flanders.[1] He was admitted to RIBA in 1919 as an Associate, and became a Fellow in 1925.
In 1927 he set up a practice with fellow Scot Claude Ferrier in Westminster and together the two worked on buildings including:
- 81 New Bond Street (date unknown)
- Extension to the National Temperance Hospital (now part of University College Hospital), London (date unknown)
- The West and East Stands of Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (1932 & 1936 respectively)
After Ferrier's death in 1935 Binnie continued the practice alone.
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- William Bryce Binnie. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.