Philip Russell Diplock (born 13 November 1927) is a British architect who was the founder of Russell Diplock & Associates.
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Early life
editPhilip Russell Diplock was born on 13 November 1927,[1] in London as the son of Philip Bernard Diplock (a manager at Capital and Counties Bank) and Elsie Margaret Diplock (née Besley). His younger brother was Professor Anthony Diplock, former Chair of Biochemistry at Guys and Kings Medical School London. Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock is a distant cousin.[citation needed]
Career
editDiplock founded Russell Diplock & Associates, an architectural firm. It designed the 18-storey modernist Arlington House, Margate, which was built in 1964 by the contractors Bernard Sunley & Sons.[2] They also designed numerous buildings in the Brighton area.
References
edit- ^ "TOPBROOK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "The Building". Arlingtonmargate. Retrieved 25 July 2015.