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Fails WP:SIGCOV. Cant find anything on him. Been on the cat:nn list since 2011 and never been updated. A WP:BEFORE shows the briefest mentions of previous positions. Fails WP:NPROF. There may be a significant body of work pre-internet that should be looked at. The lost two decades before 1995-1996 scope_creepTalk 09:57, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've identified a five-page profile in the book Bangkok by Design: Architectural Diversity in the City of Angels (no preview, added as further reading), and there are quite a few mentions in Google Books results, including in relation to his work in Bangladesh. Draftifying is unlikely to help; if the subject is notable, the article can be improved in Mainspace. (As a side note, the article was previously PRODed in 2012, though that was before ((old prod)) became standard practice.) --Paul_012 (talk) 10:22, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also subject of a Master's thesis[1] and journal article[2] published by the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:28, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(E/C) A profile and interview in the book Conversations with Architects Series: คุยกับสถาปนิกต้นแบบ[3]. Having been named Architect of the Year by the Association of Siamese Architects in 2004, thee association would have very likely published an award citation. Keep, considering all the above. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is stuff out there. I found this on Kamalapur Railway Station, but it really boils down to incidental mentions as being one of the architects who worked on the building for Louis Berger and Consulting Engineers. This piece tells us "Boughey was one of the five American professors of architecture, who taught at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, when the university begun the program in 1962." (again in reference to Kamalapur station). You could argue that a photograph of an architect's work shown at MoMA somehow contributes towards notability, or this piece which extensively discusses the importance and impact of the Kamalapur building in the context of the city of Dhaka. This UNESCO Jury Profile tells us, " In 2004, the Association of Siamese Architects named Mr. Boughey Architect of the Year." - not the strongest of RSes but I think it points to a significant award. Add this book on Thai architecture, featuring Boughey's 'Intanate House' and then there's this, a thesis and therefore not RS, but a document that certainly points to an enduring and significant architectural legacy. I started typing this as a delete vote but I've talked myself into Keep! Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Two potential sources: A search of EBSCO's "Art & Architecture Source" returned: "Critical review of the idealized tropical house; Bangkok". Abitare. No. 265. June 1988. pp. 164–169. ISSN0001-3218. A search of The RIBA Library Catalogue returned: "Leben in den Tropen [Living in the Tropics]; Architects: Robert G Boughey & Associates". MD. Vol. 35, no. 1. January 1989. pp. 83–87. ISSN0343-0642. There is also a scarce book which, though not independent and thus not helpful in establishing notability, might help with the "anything on him" problem: Robert G. Boughey and Associates (RGB) (1993). Chadanuch, W. (ed.). Robert G. Boughey. Bangkok: Key Pub. OCLC857082923. Could someone with access to ProQuest's "Art and architecture archive I and II" search there as well? Searching in relation to Louis Berger Consulting Engineers (now Louis Berger Group) might be useful too. --Worldbruce (talk) 06:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Looks as though we are almost there. scope_creepTalk 09:39, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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