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Gibberd

British

/ ˈɡɪbəd /

noun

Sir Frederick. 1908–84, British architect and town planner. His buildings include the Liverpool Roman Catholic cathedral (1960–67) and the Regent's Park Mosque in London (1977). Harlow in the U.K. and Santa Teresa in Venezuela were built to his plans

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Buckton Fields, in Boughton, was one of three schools, including Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Essex, closed by the DfE.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

Ben Gibberd, the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, offered a Mariners’ rendition of John Fogerty’s “Centerfield.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2020

The architect Sir Frederick Gibberd, who had already designed Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral, took care to ensure the cooling towers and chimney were "sympathetic" to the landscape.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2019

Another was chosen by the architect Frederick Gibberd for the new London airport at Heathrow.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2013

It turned out to have been executed by Congregationalist Frederick Gibberd, 59, the architect and city planner responsible for London's Heathrow Airport and the new town of Harlow.

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