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E. A. Rickards

English architect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Early life

Rickards was born in Chelsea in 1872.[1][2] 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.[3]

Career

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Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London

In 1889 he joined Eedle & Meyers as an assistant before moving into a work as an assistant for a variety of architects.[3] This included George Campbell Sherrin, where he designed the lantern for Sherrin's dome at the Brompton Oratory in 1894.[4] Rickards qualified in 1896 and went into partnership with architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart.[1][3] Rickards was elected to the Art Workers' Guild in 1904, and as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906.[3] He specialized in baroque architecture.[5] He designed the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, in 1907.[1]

Rickards's portrait was painted by Frank Waldo Murray.[6]

Rickards designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1909).[7]

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Death and legacy

Rickards died on 29 August 1920.[2] He appeared as a fictional character in Arnold Bennett's 1918 novel The Roll-Call.[5]

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