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Alban Caroe

Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FSA FRIBA (17 April 1904 − 11 December 1991) was a British architect.

Life edit

He was the son of the architect W. D. Caröe and brother of Sir Olaf Caroe. He married Gwendolen Mary Bragg (1907–1982), daughter of William Henry Bragg.[1] When she died in 1982, she was writing an informal history of the Royal Institution, which was completed by Alban.[2][3] Alban and Gwendolen's son, with whom he worked, was Martin Caroe. Their daughter, Lucy Caroe, historical geographer, married Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian. Alban Caroe was appointed an OBE in the 1987 Birthday Honours.

Notable work edit

  • South extension to University of Wales Building, Cardiff (1954). His father had designed the main building (now Cardiff University) in 1903.[4]

Books edit

  • Caroe, Alban D. R. (1949). Old Churches and Modern Craftsmanship. Oxford University Press; xxii+223 pages; illustrated by 24 plates and 29 drawings in the text{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[5]
  • Caroe, A. D. R.; Caroe, M. B. (2001). Stonework: Maintenance and Surface Repair. Church House Publishing. ISBN 9780715175828. (1st edition, 1984)

References edit

  1. ^ "Gwendy Caroe (1907 - 1982". Royal Academy (royal academy.org).
  2. ^ "Book review of The Royal Institution: An informal history". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 41: 107–110. 1986. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1986.0006. S2CID 159929581.
  3. ^ Badash, Lawrence (1987). "Review of The Royal Institution: An Informal History by Gwendy Caroe". Physics Today. 40 (7): 69–70. Bibcode:1987PhT....40g..69C. doi:10.1063/1.2820114.
  4. ^ Newman, John (1995), The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, London: Penguin Books, pp. 106, 233, ISBN 0-14-071056-6
  5. ^ Godfrey, W. H. (April 1950). "Review of Old Churches and Modern Craftsmanship by Alban D. R. Caroe". The Antiquaries Journal. 30 (1–2): 102–103. doi:10.1017/S0003581500088442.

External links edit

  • "Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe, November 1945". National Portrait Gallery. (photographic portrait by Walter Stoneman)

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