Raymond McGrath (7 March 1903 – 23 December 1977) was a British Australian architect and interior designer. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. ...

Born in Sydney in 1903 he studied English and architecture at Sydney University graduating in 1926. He then moved to England to take up a fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge, during which Mansfield Forbes had McGrath redecorate the interior of the College's house Finella, a large Victorian house on the backs in Cambridge now belonging to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. McGrath's bold modernist remodelling of Finella made adventurous use of materials, with copper clad doors, an aluminium walled bathroom, mirrored ceilings and a rubberised floor decorated with Pictish motifs. Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Full name Clare College Motto - Named after Elizabeth de Clare Previous names University Hall (1326), Clare Hall (1338), Clare College (1856) Established 1326 Sister College Oriel College St Hughs College Master Prof. ... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto - Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348 Sister College Brasenose College Master Neil McKendrick (Lent 2006: Sir Christopher Hum) Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Graduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, generally... Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance copper, metallic Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... A mirror is a reflective surface that is smooth enough to form an image. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Setting up practice in London in 1930, McGrath's first commission was to design the interiors for Broadcasting House in Portland Place, London. To assist with such a large commission, McGrath solicited the help of Wells Coates and Serge Chermayeff, who was passing through London before emigrating America. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Broadcasting House Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. ... Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Further interior design jobs followed, including a design for the aeroplane interiors for Imperial Airways. The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. ...

McGrath was particularly interested in the architectural and decorative use of glass, writing several articles for the Architectural Review in the 30's and in 1937 publishing the highly influential book Glass in Architectue and Decoration. Some of his 1934 etched glass doors can still be seen at RIBA's headquarters in Portland Place, London. 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ...

McGrath's personal major building project, was the modernist circular Hill House at St Ann's Court, Chertsey in 1936. The house was built for the landscape architect Christopher Tunnard. Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... Level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise Chertsey is a town in Surrey, United Kingdom, on the River Thames. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A landscape architect is primarily a designer of spaces, mostly landscapes, and sometimes gardens, in the field of landscape architecture. ... Christopher Tunnard, (1910 — 1979) English landscape architect, garden designer and author of Gardens in the Modern Landscape(1938). ...

In 1940 McGrath moved to Dublin to take up a job with the Office of Public Works where he stayed for the rest of his life, becoming their Principal Architect with time. For many years starting in 1946, McGrath championed and worked on the design for a National Concert Hall for Ireland which was to be built at Raheny. However the project was always dogged by political complications and was eventually cancelled in 1973. McGrath died in Dublin a few years later in 1977. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ... The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for Irish Government and historic buildings in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Raheny is a quiet northern suburb of Dublin, the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...

Publications

• Glass in Architectue and Decoration (1937), Raymond McGrath, Albert Childerstone Frost and Harold Edward Beckett, Architectural Press, London.

References

• The Grove Dictionary of Art at Artnet
• Architecture Australia article

External links

• Arcaid photographs of the Hill House, Chertsey.