- John James Joass
John James Joass (
1868 -10 May 1952 ) was an Scottisharchitect , born inDingwall ,Scotland . His father William Cumming Joass was an established architect in that town.The son was given basic training with his father, and then in 1885 articled with John Burnet & Son in
Glasgow , Scotland. In 1890 he moved to the firm ofRobert Rowand Anderson , and then in 1893 toLondon ,England . After a number of positions he joined John Belcher's practice in 1896. He became a partner in 1905, and continued the practice after the death of Belcher in 1913.In 1905, the partnership was working on the remodeling of a country house in
Tapeley Park , in the village ofInstow ,Devon . This had started in 1898 and continued until 1916, so was presumably completed by Joass after his partner's death.The partnership undertook the
Royal Insurance office inPiccadilly , London in 1907-09. Joass was also joint architect ofWhiteleys department store, which opened in 1911, and the re-building of theSwan and Edgar department store, after 1920.He retired to
Poole , Dorset sometime after 1930. He was an avid sailor of small sailing craft.=External Links=
* [http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M000202 Biographical Entry in the Dictionary of Scottish Architects]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/john-james-joass Biography on Answers.com]
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