James Walter Chapman-Taylor

Architect

Birthday June 24, 1878

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Oct 25, 1958 (80)

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About

Considered one of New Zealand's preeminent architects; credited with bringing the Arts and Crafts Movement to his homeland.

Before Fame

He originally considered farming as his life's ambition, but a stint apprenticing with a neighboring builder led him to design his first structure. He studied in England in 1909 under the tutelage of such architects as C.F.A. Voysey, Baille Scott, and Raymond Unwin.

Trivia

He was also proficient as a builder and furniture designer, as well as in photography and astrology.

Family Life

His first building was a timber house for his farmer parents. He and Mary Gibson wed in 1900.

Associated With

He and Frank Lloyd Wright were contemporaries.

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