Gillian Harrison

Gillian Harrison
Born	1898
Died	1974
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Harry St John Harrison
Children	Richard
Parent(s)	Henry and Rose Cooke
Awards	Fellow RIBA
Practice	Associated architectural firm[s]

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]

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

1. Walker, Lynne. "Golden Age or False Dawn? Women Architects in the Early 20th century" (PDF). Historic England. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. "Women as architects". Architectural Association Journal. March 1918.
3. "Obituary". RIBAJournal. April 1975.
4. B, Lizzie (29 September 2022). "Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989)". Women Who Meant Business. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
5. Walker, Lynne (1984). Women architects: their work. Sorella Press. p. 21. ISBN 0950975400.
6. The lady's who's who. Pallas. 1938. p. 191.
7. The R.I.B.A. kalendar 1933-1934. The Royal Institute of British Architects. 1933. p. 94.