Donald Reeve Buttress LVO OBE FSA is an architect based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He co-founded the Manchester-based practice Buttress Architects.

From 1988 to 1999 he was Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, and is now Surveyor Emeritus. During his time there he was involved with the completion of the external restoration, particularly the repair of the West Front and the Henry VII Chapel.[1]

Donald Buttress's original conceptual drawing of the future Piazza that will surround the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Canada.

Buttress also designed the Queen Mother Memorial on The Mall, London, unveiled in 2009, with sculptures by Philip Jackson,[1][2] re-built the burnt-down chapel at Tonbridge School, and directed the design of Cathedraltown, a 200-acre town in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada.

Buttress was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London[3] and Master of the Art Workers' Guild.[4] In 1997 he was made a Lieutenant of the Victorian Order, and was further recognised by receiving an OBE in 2007.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Overview". The British Monarchy. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ Andrew Pierce (24 February 2009). "National monument to the Queen Mother unveiled by the Queen". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Lives remembered". Salon (230). 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ Past Master List (PDF). Art Workers' Guild.
  5. ^ Barnham. A (31 December 2007). "Architect scoops OBE". St Albans Review.

Further reading

Powell, Ken (2022). Donald Buttress. Donington: Shaun Tyas. ISBN 9781907730993.

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