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Monro and Partners: Shopping in Scotland with Marks and Spencer

Monro and Partners: Shopping in Scotland with Marks and Spencer On the 29 April 1930 the first purpose-built Marks and Spencer store in Scotland opened its doors to the general public. Designed by Geoffrey Monro for his father's practice, it heralded the beginning of a relationship between ‘Britain's best loved retailer’ 1 and a Glasgow-based firm of architects. This paper aims to chart a history of the Monro practice prior to and during their employment by Marks and Spencer, focussing on the years 1930–70 and using Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh stores as key examples of their work. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Architectural Heritage Edinburgh University Press

Monro and Partners: Shopping in Scotland with Marks and Spencer

Gregory, Neil
Architectural Heritage , Volume 14 (1): 67 – Nov 1, 2003
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Edinburgh University Press
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1350-7524
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10.3366/arch.2003.14.1.67
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On the 29 April 1930 the first purpose-built Marks and Spencer store in Scotland opened its doors to the general public. Designed by Geoffrey Monro for his father's practice, it heralded the beginning of a relationship between ‘Britain's best loved retailer’ 1 and a Glasgow-based firm of architects. This paper aims to chart a history of the Monro practice prior to and during their employment by Marks and Spencer, focussing on the years 1930–70 and using Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh stores as key examples of their work.

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Architectural Heritage – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2003

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