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Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd (1908-1984) was a British architect and landscape designer.

A good friend of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Gibberd's work was influenced by Le Corbusier , Mies van der Rohe , and F.R.S. Yorke . He set up in practice in 1930, designing Pulman Court, Streatham, London (1934–6), a low-cost housing development which established his reputation. He was consultant architect planner for the Harlow development and spent the rest of his life living in the town he had designed.

Notable buildings

A list of buildings by Frederick Gibberd:

1933-1936, Pullman Court, Streatham, London
1937-1939, Macclesfield Nurses Home, Cheshire, England
1945-1949, Somerfield Estate, Hackney, London
1946-1963, Nuneation Town Centre, Warwickshire, England
1949-1951, Lansbury Market, London
1950-1969, Terminal Buildings, Heathrow Airport, near London
1952, Market Square, Harlow, Essex, England
1953-1961, Ulster Hospital, Belfast
1956, Bath Technical College, Somerset, England
1956-1968, Civic Center, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1958, Derwent Reservoir, Durham and Northumberland, England
1959-1969, Civic Centre, Donaster, Yorkshire, England
1960-1967, Roman Catholic Cathedral, Liverpool, England
1962-1966, Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England
1964, Saint George's Chapel, Heathrow Airport, near London
1964-1968, Didcot Power Station, Berkshire, England
1966-1975, Arundel Great Court, The Strand
1968-1975, Inter-Conrinental Hotel, Hyde Park Corner; London
1970-1977, London Central Mosque

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 '''Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd''' ([[1908]]-[[1984]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[architect]] and landscape designer.
-A good friend of [[Geoffrey Jellicoe|Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe]], he was consultant architect planner for the [[Harlow]] development and spent the rest of his life living in the town he had designed.
+A good friend of [[Geoffrey Jellicoe|Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe]], Gibberd's work was influenced by Le Corbusier , Mies van der Rohe , and F.R.S. Yorke . He set up in practice in 1930, designing Pulman Court, Streatham, London (1934–6), a low-cost housing development which established his reputation. He was consultant architect planner for the [[Harlow]] development and spent the rest of his life living in the town he had designed.
 ==Notable buildings==