Elisabeth Scott

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Elisabeth Scott was a pioneering British architect best known for designing the modernist Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect
human
awardReceived winner of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre design competition
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1898-09-20
dateOfDeath 1972-06-19
designed Fawcett Building, Newnham College, Cambridge
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
educatedAt Architectural Association School of Architecture
Bournemouth School of Art
familyName Scott
fieldOfWork architecture
genre theatre architecture
givenName Elisabeth
hasWorkLocation London
linked to: London, England

Stratford-upon-Avon
linked to: Stratford-on-Avon
heritage English
knownFor being one of the first prominent female British architects
designing the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Institute of British Architects
movement Modernism
name Elisabeth Scott
nationality British
notableAchievement first woman to win an international competition for a major public building
notableWork Fawcett Building, Newnham College, Cambridge
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (rebuilding)
occupation architect
participatedIn competition to design the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
placeOfBirth Bournemouth
Dorset
placeOfDeath Bournemouth
Dorset
relative George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott Jr.
Giles Gilbert Scott
residence Bournemouth
London
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender female

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre hasArchitect Elisabeth Scott
Elisabeth Scott name Elisabeth Scott