Alban Caroe
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Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FSA FRIBA (17 April 1904 − 11 December 1991) was a British architect.
He was the son of W. D. Caroe and brother of Sir Olaf Caroe. He married Gwendolen Mary Bragg (1907-1982), daughter of William Henry Bragg. His son, with whom he worked, was Martin Caroe. His daughter, Lucy Caroe, historical geographer, married Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian. He was appointed an OBE in the 1987 Birthday Honours.
Notable work[]
- South extension to University of Wales Building, Cardiff (1954) - his father had designed the main building in 1903.[1]
References[]
- ^ Newman, John (1995), The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, London: Penguin Books, pp. 106, 233, ISBN 0-14-071056-6
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Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1991 deaths
- 20th-century English architects
- British people of Danish descent
- Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire