Robert Sorley Lawrie

Robert Sorley Lawrie (27 June 1903 – 23 May 1977) was a Scottish architect who worked in the department of the Dublin City Architect Horace Tennyson O'Rourke.[1][2]

Robert Sorley Lawrie
Born(1903-06-27)June 27, 1903
DiedMay 23, 1977(1977-05-23) (aged 73)
OccupationArchitect
PracticeDublin Corporation
BuildingsInchicore Public Library
Ringsend Public Library
Phibsborough Public Library
Drumcondra Public Library

Early years and education

He was probably a son of Robert Lawrie, a plumber, of 12 Claremont Street, Aberdeen and his wife Jennie Robb.[1] He studied architecture at Robert Gordon's College from September 1919 to June 1921 then was a pupil of George Bennett Mitchell in Aberdeen until September 1924.[1] He returned to Robert Gordon's College for the post-diploma course which he completed in June 1925.[1]

Career

He and Herbert George Simms were appointed assistant architects to the Dublin City Commissioners in June 1929.[1] He was responsible for most of the work of converting Charlemont House to the Municipal Gallery in 1933.[1] He designed the Inchicore Public Library in 1937 and was responsible for ones in Ringsend, Phibsborough and Drumcondra all built the same year.[1][3][4]

He was living in Dublin in 1945 but had left by 1947, taking up the post of County Architect for Fife.[2][1]

Personal life

He married Anne Dempster McDowall on 1 June 1933.[2][1] She survived him.[2][1]

References
  1. "LAWRIE, ROBERT SORLEY". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. "Basic Biographical Details". Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. "1937 – Ringsend Public Library, Dublin". archiseek. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. "1937 – Library, Drumcondra, Dublin". archiseek. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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