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Gillian Harrison
British architect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.[1]
Early life and education
After Roedean School, she trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture from 1917 to 1922, where she was one of the first four female students.[2]
Career
In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[3] The second woman elected FRIBA was Gertrude Leverkus.[4]
Harrison designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is in Littlestone, Kent where Cooke and Harrison (architects) designed three other houses for clients: Oberlander, Glukstein, and Paton[5]
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Personal life
In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect.[6] Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison.[7] They had one child, a son, Richard.
References
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