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Edwin Alfred Rickards FRIBA (1872–1920) was an English architect.

Early life

Rickards was born in Chelsea in 1872. In 1887, Rickards was articled to Richard John Lovell, and attended both the Royal Academy Schools in London and attended classes at the Architectural Association.

Career

In 1889 he joined Eedle & Meyers as an assistant before moving into a work as an assistant for a variety of architects. This included George Campbell Sherrin, where he designed the lantern for Sherrin's dome at the Brompton Oratory in 1894. Rickards qualified in 1896 and went into partnership with architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart. Rickards was elected to the Art Workers' Guild in 1904, and as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906. He specialized in baroque architecture. He designed the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, in 1907.

Rickards's portrait was painted by Frank Waldo Murray.

Rickards designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1909).

Death and legacy

Rickards died on 29 August 1920. He appeared as a fictional character in Arnold Bennett's 1918 novel The Roll-Call.

References

1. ^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). "Rickards, Edwin Alfred (1872–1920)". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606789.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-172648-4.
2. ^ Walker, David M.; Hillyard, Yvonne; Harris, Leslie; Grater, Abagail. "Basic Biographical Details: Edwin Alfred Rickards". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. ^ "Rickards, Edwin Alfred 1872 - 1920". AHRnet Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
4. Survey of London, Volume 41. 1983. p. 50-57.
5. ^ Richmond, Peter (2001). Marketing Modernisms: The Architecture and Influence of Charles Reilly. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-0-85323-756-3. JSTOR j.ctt1gn6bg6.
6. "Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920)". Arts Council England. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
7. "Giardini della Biennale". La Biennale di Venezia. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

Further reading

• Brittain-Catlin, Timothy (2023). Edwin Rickards. Liverpool University Press.

External links

• Media related to Edwin Alfred Rickards at Wikimedia Commons

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