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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Robert Hogg
Matthew (1906-1975) was a Scottish architect and a leading proponent of
modernism. Robert Matthew was the son of John Matthew (also an
architect, and the partner of Sir Robert Lorimer). He was born and
brought up in Edinburgh, and attended the Edinburgh College of Art.
Robert was apprenticed with his father's firm. Then in 1936, he joined
the Department of Health (Scotland), where by 1945 he had risen to
become their Chief Architect and Planning Officer. In 1946, Matthew
moved to London, becoming Chief Architect and Planning Officer to the
London County Council, where he served from 1946 to 1953, working on the
post-war reconstruction of Greater London and masterminding the Festival
of Britain including such buildings as the Royal Festival Hall, 1951.
