Verner Owen Rees
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Verner Owen Rees FRIBA (1886–1966) was a British Architect. He was an architectural partner with Frederick Milton Harvey at Rees & Harvey in London, UK.[1]
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Verner Owen Rees | |
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Born | 1886 (1886) |
Died | November 7, 1966(1966-11-07) (aged 79–80) Parthenay, France |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Rees & Harvey |
Buildings | County Offices, Kendal; Soissons Memorial |
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Verner trained with Caroe & Passmore. Assistant to Lutyens 1910–12, then to New York. During the First World War he served in the Artist's Rifles.[2] From 1921 to 1925 Verner taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and became Principal in 1929.[3] He died in Parthenay, France on 7 November 1966.[4]