Arthur John Hope

Arthur John Hope, known as “AJ” (1875-1960) was an English architect and president of the Manchester Society of Architects (1924). He was born in Atherton, Greater Manchester.

Hope entered the office of Bradshaw & Gass in 1892 as a pupil and was made a partner ten years later creating Bradshaw, Gass & HopeR. M. McNaught, "Arthur John Hope" [obituary] , "RIBA Journal", 67 (1960), p. 336.] (after 1912 Bradshaw Gass & Hope).

Hope was respected as a building planner but was a poor draftsmanquote 2] and required a large number of assistants to interpret his ideas. By the 1930s, he was an intimidating figure dominating an office in which there was a strict hierarchy of professionsGeorge Grenfell-Baines (2000), interviewed by Louise Brodie at Preston, (January 5 - 11) "Architects’ Lives", London: National Biographical Archive, C467/46/F7839] . One of his interpreters was George Grenfell Baines whose work so impressed Hope he considered making him a partner quote ] . Hope was a Traditionalist, favouring a severe classical style derived from the later Georgian architects, with a strong dislike of Modernism; under his direction Bradshaw Gass & Hope continued to produce neo-Georgian designs until the 1960s. [Austen Redman(2007), "Bolton Civic Centre and the Classical Revival Style of Bradshaw Gass & Hope." in Clare Hartwell & Terry Wyke(editors), "Making Manchester", Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, ISBN 978-0-900942-01-3]

ee also

* Bradshaw Gass & Hope

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