Edwin Alfred Rickards | |
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Born | 1872 |
Died | 29 August 1920
Bournemouth, England | (aged 47–48)
Occupation | Architect |
Notable work | Methodist Central Hall |
Style | Baroque |
Edwin Alfred Rickards FRIBA (1872–1920) was an English architect.
Rickards was born in Chelsea in 1872. [1] [2] In 1887, Rickards was articled to Richard John Lovell, and attended both the Royal Academy Schools in London and attended classes at the Architectural Association. [3]
In 1889 he joined Eedle & Meyers as an assistant before moving into a work as an assistant for a variety of architects. [3] This included George Campbell Sherrin, where he designed the lantern for Sherrin's dome at the Brompton Oratory in 1894. [4] Rickards qualified in 1896 and went into partnership with architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart. [1] [3] Rickards was elected to the Art Workers' Guild in 1904, and as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906. [3] He specialized in baroque architecture. [5] He designed the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, in 1907. [1]
Rickards's portrait was painted by Frank Waldo Murray. [6]
Rickards designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1909). [7]
Rickards died on 29 August 1920. [2] He appeared as a fictional character in Arnold Bennett's 1918 novel The Roll-Call. [5]