James Dunbar-Nasmith

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith Template:Post-nominals (15 March 1927 – 18 March 2023) was a British conservation architect.

James Dunbar-Nasmith was born in Devon, the son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Template:Post-nominals (1883–1965) and Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers Template:Post-nominals. His elder brother was Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, Template:Post-nominals (1921–1997). He was educated at Lockers Park School, Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Dunbar-Nasmith was best known as the architect of Sunninghill Park, the former home of The Duke of York, and Balmoral Estate architect. He was in professional practice as a partner in Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Edinburgh (since 1957), and Hilger, Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Wiesbaden (since 1993).

Dunbar-Nasmith was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and the Edinburgh College of Art, 1978–1988, and later Emeritus Professor at Heriot Watt University.

Dunbar-Nasmith died on 18 March 2023, at the age of 96.

Honours

Dunbar-Nasmith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1976 Birthday Honours "for public services in Scotland", and knighted in the 1996 Birthday Honours "for services to Architecture."

External links

• LDN Architects LLP
• The Scottish Civic Trust
• Biography and photo

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