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In 1888, Miller was transferred to the Caledonian Railway's drawing office in Glasgow, and designed a number of railway stations in the West of Scotland under the supervision of the engineer-in-chief, George Graham, and Donald Alexander Matheson, who was to become his successor. Notable designs from
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tiles, the first time that a Scottish architect had used this material. It developed further following the appointment in 1918 of Richard M Gunn as chief draughtsman and designer, which resulted in designs such as the McLaren warehouse (1922) in George Square, and the massive classical Head Office
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style and influenced by his railway architecture. Further commissions for houses in Glasgow followed as a result of Miller's involvement in the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition, including 8 and 10 Lowther Terrace, Great Western Road (1904 and 1910 respectively). Between 1915 and 1923, he
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An American influence began to appear in Miller's work following a 1902 fact-finding visit to the USA by Matheson. An early example was Olympic House (1903), a plain rectangular speculative office development in Glasgow's Queen Street, followed by the
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During the following 40 years, he won competitions and commissions for a wide variety of buildings including for the 1901
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In 1877, he was articled to the Perth architect Andrew Heiton, and on completion of his apprenticeship, he worked in
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Miller's domestic work spanned his architectural career. Much of his early work, such as "Dunloskin",
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joined the architectural practice in the mid-1930s but died in 1940, at which point James retired.
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They had three children. Muriel (1901-1999) George (1903-1940) and Mabel (1904-2001) His son
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and for his Scottish railway stations. Notable among these are the American-influenced
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Building (1905–07) on St Vincent Place. The faΓ§ade of this building is of white
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The commercial architecture of James Miller: influences from Glasgow and abroad
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Miller's later commercial architecture during the 1930s featured hints of
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In 1910, he won the competition to design the headquarters of the
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building at 110–20 St Vincent Street; his 1901–1905 extensions to
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McKean, Charles; Walker, David and Walker, Frank A. (1989).
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for the Union Bank of Scotland (1924) in St Vincent Street.
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this period include the English-domestic style stations at
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Central Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
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Index


The Sketch
Perthshire
Stirling
Glasgow Central railway station
Wemyss Bay railway station
One Great George Street
FRSE
FRIBA
FRIAS
RSA
Glasgow
Union Bank
Glasgow Central railway station
Wemyss Bay railway station
Firth of Clyde
Auchtergaven
Perthshire
Forteviot
Perth Academy
Edinburgh
Hippolyte Blanc
Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

George Square
Fort Matilda
Troon
West Kilbride

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