Donald Buttress
Donald Reeve Buttress LVO OBE FSA is an architect based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He co-founded the Manchester-based practice Buttress Architects.
From 1988 to 1999 he was Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, and is now Surveyor Emeritus. During his time there he was involved with the completion of the external restoration, particularly the repair of the West Front and the Henry VII Chapel.[1]
Buttress also designed the Queen Mother Memorial on The Mall, London, unveiled in 2009, with sculptures by Philip Jackson,[1][2] re-built the burnt-down chapel at Tonbridge School, and directed the design of Cathedraltown, a 200-acre town in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Awards and honours
[edit]Buttress was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA),[3] as well as a Master of the Art Workers' Guild.[4] In the 1997 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO),[5] and was further recognised with appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to the Conservation of Cathedrals.[6][7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Overview". The British Monarchy. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ Andrew Pierce (24 February 2009). "National monument to the Queen Mother unveiled by the Queen". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Mr Donald Buttress FSA". SAL. Archived from the original on 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ Past Master List (PDF). Art Workers' Guild. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-21.
- ↑ "New Year Honours List 1997". The London Gazette.
- ↑ "No. 58557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2007. p. 9.
- ↑ Barnham. A (31 December 2007). "Architect scoops OBE". St Albans Review.
Further reading
[edit]- Powell, Ken (2022). Donald Buttress. Donington: Shaun Tyas. ISBN 9781907730993.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 20th-century English architects
- 21st-century English architects
- Architects from Hertfordshire
- English ecclesiastical architects
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- Masters of the Art Worker's Guild
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire