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James Westwater Ferrie

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28: 90:. In 1986, 58 of his watercolour paintings were put on a display at a 10-day show at the Lone Pine Gallery. He particularly enjoyed painting seascapes. In August 1991, he held a fourth exhibition, mainly displaying paintings done from the lawn of his seaside home in 75:, a prominent architectural firm, as part of a three-year contract. However, after his contract had ended, he chose to remain in Singapore. He established his own architecture firm, James Ferrie & Partners. From 1966 to 1968, he served as the president of the 82:
Ferrie was also a watercolour painter. Although it was mainly a hobby of his, some of his paintings were put on display in 1978 at the Gallery of Fine Arts owned by arts patron
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on 19 May 1917 to brass moulder James Ferrie and his wife Isabella Westwater. He studied at the
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In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial
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as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, 2nd Division. He was involved in the
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and scenes from his trips to seaside resorts in West Malaysia.
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Ferrie was married to Isabel Ferrie, a puppeteer. He died in
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Ferrie came to Singapore in 1948 and was employed at
79:. He retired as an architect in the late 1980s. 94:, as well as paintings depicting shophouses in 8: 157: 155: 153: 256:"Head in the clouds, feet on the ground" 282:"Waterfront scenes from a seaside home" 119: 337:"Puppets help Isabel save boy's life" 125: 123: 7: 191: 189: 187: 196:de Souza, John (27 January 1986). 14: 136:Dictionary of Scottish Architects 77:Institute of Architects of Malaya 41:Mackintosh School of Architecture 307:Jayanti, K. (17 August 1991). 73:Palmer & Turner Architects 1: 162:Tsakonas, Athanasios (2020). 371:. Singapore. 5 February 1993 288:. Singapore. 15 August 1991 423: 343:. Singapore. 26 March 1980 363:"JAMES WESTWATER FERRIE" 262:. Singapore. 26 May 1978 131:"James Westwater Ferrie" 23:Early life and education 102:Personal life and death 32: 31:The memorial in Kohima 17:James Westwater Ferrie 45:Glasgow School of Art 30: 110:on 3 February 1993. 407:Scottish architects 108:Chichester, England 47:. He served in the 35:Ferrie was born in 314:The Business Times 235:Docomomo Singapore 168:Marshall Cavendish 59:. He designed the 33: 368:The Straits Times 286:Timeszone Central 203:The Straits Times 37:Glasgow, Scotland 414: 381: 380: 378: 376: 359: 353: 352: 350: 348: 333: 327: 326: 324: 322: 304: 298: 297: 295: 293: 278: 272: 271: 269: 267: 252: 246: 245: 243: 241: 227:"James W Ferrie" 222: 216: 215: 213: 211: 193: 182: 181: 159: 148: 147: 145: 143: 127: 86:, housed in the 57:Battle of Kohima 422: 421: 417: 416: 415: 413: 412: 411: 387: 386: 385: 384: 374: 372: 361: 360: 356: 346: 344: 335: 334: 330: 320: 318: 306: 305: 301: 291: 289: 280: 279: 275: 265: 263: 254: 253: 249: 239: 237: 224: 223: 219: 209: 207: 195: 194: 185: 178: 161: 160: 151: 141: 139: 129: 128: 121: 116: 104: 69: 25: 12: 11: 5: 420: 418: 410: 409: 404: 399: 389: 388: 383: 382: 354: 328: 299: 273: 247: 217: 183: 176: 149: 118: 117: 115: 112: 103: 100: 88:Orchard Towers 68: 65: 61:Kohima Epitaph 49:Burma campaign 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 419: 408: 405: 403: 400: 398: 395: 394: 392: 370: 369: 364: 358: 355: 342: 338: 332: 329: 316: 315: 310: 309:"EXHIBITIONS" 303: 300: 287: 283: 277: 274: 261: 257: 251: 248: 236: 232: 228: 225:Lim, Ronald. 221: 218: 205: 204: 199: 192: 190: 188: 184: 179: 173: 169: 165: 158: 156: 154: 150: 138: 137: 132: 126: 124: 120: 113: 111: 109: 101: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 84:Della Butcher 80: 78: 74: 66: 64: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 29: 22: 20: 18: 373:. Retrieved 366: 357: 345:. Retrieved 340: 331: 319:. Retrieved 312: 302: 290:. Retrieved 285: 276: 264:. Retrieved 259: 250: 240:19 September 238:. Retrieved 230: 220: 208:. Retrieved 201: 163: 140:. Retrieved 134: 105: 81: 70: 53:World War II 34: 16: 15: 402:1993 deaths 397:1917 births 317:. Singapore 231:docomomo.sg 206:. Singapore 391:Categories 341:New Nation 260:New Nation 177:9814721832 114:References 96:Chinatown 92:Sembawang 43:of the 375:20 May 347:20 May 321:20 May 292:20 May 266:20 May 210:20 May 174:  142:20 May 67:Career 377:2024 349:2024 323:2024 294:2024 268:2024 242:2024 212:2024 172:ISBN 144:2024 51:of 393:: 365:. 339:. 311:. 284:. 258:. 233:. 229:. 200:. 186:^ 170:. 166:. 152:^ 133:. 122:^ 379:. 351:. 325:. 296:. 270:. 244:. 214:. 180:. 146:.

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Glasgow, Scotland
Mackintosh School of Architecture
Glasgow School of Art
Burma campaign
World War II
Battle of Kohima
Kohima Epitaph
Palmer & Turner Architects
Institute of Architects of Malaya
Della Butcher
Orchard Towers
Sembawang
Chinatown
Chichester, England


"James Westwater Ferrie"
Dictionary of Scottish Architects



Marshall Cavendish
ISBN
9814721832



"Architect who feels 'closely associated with water'"
The Straits Times

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