Author Topic: barrett's no 386 - Sunbeam saloon designed by R A Duncan (Read 7477 times)

oko94 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2017, 06:03:37 PM »

Designed by an architect ?

barrett · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2017, 05:21:48 AM »

Yes! in fact, designed by one architect for the use of another!

Neither are well-known, however...

oko94 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2017, 05:25:32 AM »

Are they both British ?

barrett · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2017, 05:54:13 AM »

oko94 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 27, 2017, 03:39:27 AM »

Are these architects famous enough to have their own Wikipedia page ?

barrett · « **Reply #30 on:** October 27, 2017, 04:31:24 AM »

The owner of the car has a wikipedia page, the designer does not. Both were involved in Modernism - one rather less than the other - and both produced (excellent) buildings that are still standing today.

oko94 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 27, 2017, 05:08:41 AM »

Was Owen Williams involved ?

barrett · « **Reply #32 on:** October 27, 2017, 06:03:14 AM »

Not him

oko94 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 27, 2017, 08:24:49 AM »

Maxwell Fry ?

barrett · « **Reply #34 on:** October 27, 2017, 10:07:47 AM »

No...

oko94 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 27, 2017, 10:27:13 AM »

Were these architects members of the Tecton group ?

barrett · « **Reply #36 on:** October 30, 2017, 06:47:29 AM »

Not aligned with Tecton as far as I know

oko94 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 31, 2017, 12:54:48 PM »

Was at least one of these architects born before 1900 ?

barrett · « **Reply #38 on:** October 31, 2017, 01:23:38 PM »

Probably both were, one certainly was

FrontMan · « **Reply #39 on:** November 13, 2017, 08:55:31 AM »

I detect the hand of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, the genius who invented the raincoat AND indigestion on the same day.

barrett · « **Reply #40 on:** November 13, 2017, 08:59:56 AM »

Ah, so that's who I have to blame for my dicky stomach!

He didn't design this car, however

gte4289 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 09, 2018, 09:42:49 PM »

Quote from: barrett on October 26, 2017, 05:21:48 AM

Yes! in fact, designed by one architect for the use of another!

Neither are well-known, however...

Maxwell Maberly-Smith (designer of the first production Sunbeam automobile) was an architect, but I suppose that would have been too obvious.

barrett · « **Reply #42 on:** October 23, 2018, 08:53:28 AM »

No other connection with the Sunbeam marque, as far as I know

pnegyesi · « **Reply #43 on:** October 24, 2018, 03:22:03 AM »

Was Joseph Emberton involved?

barrett · « **Reply #44 on:** April 01, 2020, 12:22:30 PM »

gte4289 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 05, 2024, 06:00:48 PM »

Quote from: barrett on October 26, 2017, 05:21:48 AM

Yes! in fact, designed by one architect for the use of another!

Neither are well-known, however...

Was either architect female?

barrett · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2024, 08:55:45 AM »

Quote from: gte4289 on March 05, 2024, 06:00:48 PM

Quote from: barrett on October 26, 2017, 05:21:48 AM
Yes! in fact, designed by one architect for the use of another!

Neither are well-known, however...
Was either architect female?

No!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #47 on:** June 09, 2024, 12:12:30 PM »

1927?

barrett · « **Reply #48 on:** June 15, 2024, 07:21:38 AM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on June 09, 2024, 12:12:30 PM

1927?

The magazine this appeared in was from January 1928, so I think safe to assume 1927 for the car's build

oko94 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 19, 2024, 08:19:20 AM »

Was Marshall Arnott Sisson involved ?

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Author Topic: barrett's no 386 - Sunbeam saloon designed by R A Duncan (Read 7477 times)