author
David MacGibbon
1831–1902
A Scottish architect and writer, he helped document the castles, churches, and old domestic buildings that shaped Scotland’s past. His books with Thomas Ross remain a valued record of the country’s architectural heritage.
4 Audiobooks
The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3
by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross
The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3
by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross
The Architecture of Provence and the Riviera
by David MacGibbon
The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3
by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross
About the author
Born in Edinburgh on April 2, 1831, David MacGibbon trained as an architect after studying at the University of Edinburgh and working under John Lessels. He later became one half of the firm MacGibbon and Ross, established in 1872 with Thomas Ross.
MacGibbon is especially remembered not just for designing buildings, but for recording them. With Ross, he produced major illustrated surveys of Scotland’s architecture, including studies of castellated and domestic buildings and ecclesiastical architecture. Their work helped preserve knowledge of many historic structures and made Scotland’s architectural past accessible to later readers and researchers.
He died on February 20, 1902. Although he is less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, his careful scholarship and eye for historic detail gave him an important place in the story of Scottish architecture.