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Robert Alexander Briggs was a London-born architect and author who practiced much of his work in and around its suburbs.
He was articled to Gilbert R. Redgrave from 1876 until 1879. He attended the Royal Academy Schools and Architectural Association classes. Briggs worked in the offices of G. Moreing, Edward I’Anson, Lewis Henry Isaacs and Henry Louis Florence, Ernest Claude Ayton-Lee and J.J. O’Callaghan of Dublin from 1879 to 1883. He won the Soane Medallion in 1883 and spent some time travelling on the Continent during which time he met and befriended Andrew Noble Prentice. The following year he comenced independent practice. In 1910 he formed a partnership with Charles Gordon Killmister and Harry Le Cronier Browning (b.1881), practising with them until 1913. He was elected Associate of the RIBA on 9 January 1882 and was then elected Fellow on 18 January 1892, being proposed by H.L. Florence, F.T. Baggallay and R.P. Spiers.
In 1891 he published `Bungalows and Country Residences’, a book of designs and recently executed works which earned him the title ‘Bungalow Briggs’. Following its success he published several other works including Homes for the Country in 1909. He is mostly associated with the Arts and Crafts style.
Born: 1858 in London
Died: 10 May 1916
Gender: Male