Albert Clifford Holliday | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 December 1897 Gildersome, England |
| Died | 26 September 1960 (aged 62) Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Design | Master plan of Jerusalem |
Albert Clifford Holliday (1897–1960) M. Arch, Dip. C.D., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.,[1] was a British architect and town planner who worked in several places across the British Empire, including Mandatory Palestine, Ceylon and Gibraltar, as well as in the UK.
Holliday gained his qualifications at the University of Liverpool where he studied under Sir Charles Reilly and Patrick Abercrombie.[2] He later designed the University of Ceylon with Abercrombie.[3]
Holliday was commissioned as civic adviser to the city of Jerusalem between 1922 and 1926[3] and town planning advisor to the mandatory government of Palestine between 1928 and 1934.[2] He drew up a master plan for Jerusalem and the restoration of its Old City walls.[4]
In 1938, Holliday's design for a satellite town near Kincorth, outside Aberdeen, won an international prize.[3]
In 1947, he was appointed Chief Architect for the first postwar British new town, Stevenage.[2] He revised the plan for Stevenage, from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning's original plan, in 1949.[5]
In 1952 Holliday became Professor of Town and Country Planning at the University of Manchester.[3]
He was also involved in preparing the designs for Haslingden and Stoke-on-Trent.[3]
Holliday had four sons.[citation needed]
