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MacDonald, Alister Gladstone
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Dates of existence
1898-1933
History
Alister Gladstone MacDonald (1898-1933) studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture, becoming a member of RIBA in 1926. He worked for Frank Verity as clerk of works on the Plaza Cinema in London, before working in New York and Italy. MacDonald specicalised in news theatres during the boom years of cinema-building. Amount his designs were those at Victoria and Waterloo stations which used back projection and insulation against the noise of steam trains. He also designed the Peace Pavilion for the Glasgow Empire Exhibition in 1938. Post-war he was involved in the school building programme and also rebuilt RADA's Vanburgh Theatre and refurbished, with Cecil Masey, the Comedy Theatre. In his later years he travelled widely, doing work in Yemen, Mombasa, Jordan, Cyprus and Malta. Source: www.independent.co.uk 27/3/1993.