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Joass, John James
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1868-1955
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The son of an architect, Joass was born in Dingwall in 1868. After a short period of basic training in his father's office from 1883 to 1885, he was articled to John Burnet & Son in Glasgow, and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He remained there until 1890 when he moved to the office of Robert Rowand Anderson, from where he won the Pugin Studentship in 1892, his final year at the GSA. This was his most significant award from the Art School, but a very successful student, he had previously won a Haldane Bursary prize in 1886 and prizes in local and national competitions in building construction and architectural design.
In 1893 he moved to London to spend a year in the office of Ernest George & Peto, from which he transferred to that of Edward John May in October 1894. He passed the qualifying exam in that year and was awarded the Owen Jones studentship, enabling him to travel to Italy and Sicily, his travels prior to that date having been limited to Scotland and England.
He was admitted ARIBA on 10 June 1895, his proposers being George, John McKean Brydon, and Allan Graham, whom he had known in Glasgow.
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- GSA Records
- www.scottisharchitects.org.uk