Rollo, Andrew

ROLLO, Andrew (1877-1951) studied at the Glasgow School of Art and articled with Stark & Rowntree in Glasgow from 1895 to 1900. When Frederick Rowntree moved to London, Rollo joined him and worked as his chief assistant from 1900 to 1907. Rollo was a talented delineator, and received the R.I.B.A. Silver Medal in 1903 for his folio of measured drawings showing Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire (Builder [London], lxxxiv, 24 Jan. 1903, 81). In 1907 Rollo emigrated to Canada and took a position with Darling & Pearson, the leading firm in Toronto at the turn of the century. He also began to seek out independent commissions under his own name, including a residence in Rosedale located on Rowanwood Avenue, TORONTO, ONT. for Samuel Young Jr. (Toronto b.p. 17266, 15 Sept. 1909). Rollo exhibited some of his own architectural designs in 1912 (Toronto Society of Architects Sixth Annual Exhibition Catalogue, 1912, 18, 85, illus.). After 1915 he decided to return to England and became director of the architectural department of the Midland Garden Cities Development Ltd. in Birmingham from 1918 to 1927. In 1928 he moved back to Scotland and was employed in the City Architect's Office in Edinburgh until his retirement in 1946. He died there on 29 November 1951 (obit. The Scotsman [Edinburgh], 30 Nov. 1951; obit. R.I.B.A. Journal, lvix, June 1952, 306; R.I.B.A., Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001, ii, 501; biog. of Andrew Rollo in Peter Robson. Fred Rountree Architect, 2014, 105)