Michael Scott was born in 24 June 1905 he was an Irish architect. He was born in Drogheda. His father, William Scott, was a school inspector in County Kerry. His mother was from County Cork. Michael was taught at Belvedere College in Dublin. At Belvedere College he first showed his skills at acting and painting. Michael wanted his career to be a painter but his father thought it would be best if he was an architect. He founded his company, Michael Scott Architects, in 1928. Later Ronnie Tallon and Robin Walker became partners, and Michael Scott Architects was renamed to Scott Tallon Walker in 1975. Michael spent most of his life living at Sandycove Point, not very far from Dun Laoghaire in south Dublin, he was buried near Sneem in County Kerry. A lot of people consider him a hero, well look at James Hoban, He helped build the white house and many other buildings do people consider him smart?
Here is a list of all the places he helped build: The Busaras building in Dublin, the Abbey Theatre, and Tullamore Hospital.
- 1938-9 Irish Pavilion, New York World's Fair, New York
- 1945-53 Busaras, Store Street, Dublin
- 1946-8 Chassis factory, Inchicore
- 1946-51 Bus garage at Donnybrook
No comments:
Post a Comment