Ralph Erskine

1914 Born in 24 February in Mill Hill, London, to George (1871–1951) and Mildred, née Goff (1883–1967) Erskine. The son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister, George was employed in a shipping line; Mildred, the daughter of a director of the Thames Conservancy Board, was educated at Holloway College, London.
1919–1924 At day school in Mill Hill
1924–1932 At the Friends’ School, Saffron Walden, Essex
1932–1937 Studying architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic, London
1937 Membership of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)
1937–1939 Employed by inter alia Louis de Soisson
1938 Membership of RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute)
1939 Travels to Sweden to Stockholm, finds employment as architect, marries Stockholm, Ruth Francis (born in 1914)
1942 Builds own house in Lissma, south of Stockholm, office in living room
1943 Daughter Jane born
1944–1945 Studying at School of Architecture, College of Art Stockholm
1945 Moves to rented accommodation on Drottningholm. Daughter Karin born
1949 Son Patrik born
1949–1962 Summer office at Rågö, Nyköping, south of Stockholm
1952 Daughter Suzanne born; died 1961
1955 Sailing barge Verona converted in London for use as office and sailed to Sweden
1959 Presentation of own work at CIAM conference in Otterloo, the Netherlands
1963 Completion of own house at Drottningholm, moves in. Receives Domus Golden Pyramid Award for Architecture, Italy
1965 Membership of Swedish Architects’ Association
1966 Honorary membership in AIA (American Institute of Architects)
1968 Opens local office in Byker, Newcastle, England
1970 Awarded Kasper Salin Prise, Sweden for Barberaren housing estate, Sandviken
1972 Foreign Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
1974 With Höjer-Ljungqvist Arkitekter, awarded Ytong Prize, Sweden
1975 Honorary Doctorate, University of Lund, Sweden
1976 Moves office to larger premises on Drottningholm
1978 Appointed CBE (Commander of the British Empire)
1979 Receives Ambrose Congreve Award for Architecture, and Civil Trust Award, UK
1980 Awarded the Eternit and VIA Sixth International Prize for Architecture, and Royal Gold Medal, Litteris et Artibus, Stockholm. Students building Frescati, awarded Kasper Salin Prize
1981 Erskine dissolves office, employees move and form Arken architects
1982 Honorary Doctor of Letters, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Gold Medal Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
1983 Honorary membership of Bund Deutscher Architekten, West Germany
1984 Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize for Art, Israel, and Fritz Schumacher Prize, West Germany. Elected Fellow of Royal Society, London
1985 Honorary membership of Artists’ Society Stockholm and of Royal Academy for Arts London. Member of Akademie der Künste, West Germany. Awarded immigrant Prize for contribution to Swedish culture.
1986 Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres France
1987 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, RIBA, England
1988 Ruth Erskine dies 3 May
1994 IKEA Stichting Foundation Prize
1997 Stockholm University Gold Medal
1999 Honorary Doctor (professor) of the Swedish Government
1999 Eropean Steel Design Award (Aula Magna)
2000 Forms partnership with Johannes Tovatt
2002 Prins Eugen Medaljen
2003 Tapiola Medal

Buildings Projects and Designs
1941–1942 Two houses Djupdalen, Sweden
1942 House (The Box) at Lissma, Solängen, Sweden
1942–1943 Ski and summer holiday centre, Lida, Sweden
1945–1955 Housing at Gyttorp, Sweden
1947 Molin house, Lidingö, Sweden
1947 House at Fagersta, Sweden
1947–1948 House at Storvik, Sweden
1947–1948 House for G. Erskine, Lewes, England
1947 Sports centre, Ockelbo, Sweden
1947–1950 Mattress factory, Köping, Sweden
1947–1949 Timber church at Avasjö, Borgafjäll, Sweden
1948–1949 House at Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Stockholm
1948 Housing at Gästrike-Hammarby, Sweden
1948–1950 Ski Hotel, Borgafjäll, Sweden
1949 Weekend house, S. Båge, Stockholm, Sweden
1950 Chemical factory, Gnesta, Sweden
1950 Warehouse and offices, Uppsala, Sweden
1950–1953 Cardboard factory, Fors, Sweden
1951 House at Stavanger, Norway
1951 Housing at Jädråas, Sandviken, Sweden
1951 Housing, Norrsundet, Sweden
1951 Hotel Storsäter, Sweden
1953 Housing at Fors, near Avesta, Sweden
1953 Housing Avesta, Sweden
1951–1953 Laboratory and offices, Enequist, Holme and Co., Stockholm, Sweden
1953 Scout hut, Lovö, Stockholm, Sweden
1952–1953 Wood pulp factory, Gästrike-Hammarby, Sweden
1954 House at Skövde, Sweden
1954 House at Växjö, Sweden
1954–1956 Shopping centre Luleå, Sweden
1954 Apartments at Växjö, Sweden
1955–1956 Engström House, Lisö Island, Sweden
1955–1956 Office and warehouse Möller and Co., Stockholm, Sweden
1955–1956 Shops and flats, Vallmon, Tibro, Sweden
1956 Thames barge, office conversion
1957 Houses at Sollentuna, Sweden
1957–1958 Office Workshop and laboratories, Sollentuna, Sweden
1959 Housing at Brittgården, Tibro, Sweden
1961 School at Gyttorp, Sweden
1961 Gadelius house, Lidingö, Sweden
1961 Car assembly plant, Södertälje, Sweden
1961–1966 Housing, office, shops and church, Kiruna, Sweden
1961 Villa Ström, Stocksund, Sweden
1961 Warehouses and office for Nordmark, Stockholm, Sweden
1962 Villa Nordmark, Södertälje, Sweden
1962 House, Bockholm, Sweden
1962–1972 Housing, office and shops, Barberaren, Sandviken, Sweden
1963–1964 Housing and community plan Svapparvara, Lapland
1963 Erskine’s House, Drottningholm, Sweden
1968–1971 Housing Esperanza, Landskrona, Sweden
1968–1969 Clare Hall, Cambridge, England
1969 Offices for Pågens Bakery, Malmö, Sweden
1969 Housing at Killingworth, England
1969 Housing studlands park, Newmarket, England
1969–1981 Housing Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1972–1973 Church reconstrution and extension, Bodafors, Sweden
1973–1978 Housing at Nya Bruket, Sandviken, Sweden
1973 Housing at Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, England
1973 Township at Resolute Bay, Canada
1973 Housing, offices and shops, Släggsmeden, Sandviken, Sweden
1974–1982 Library and students’ centre, Stockholm, Sweden
1977 IOGT centre, Nya Bruket, Sandviken, Sweden
1980 Health Centre, housing and office Sandviken, Sweden
1980 Temporary Exhibition ’80, Kungstragården, Stockholm, Sweden
1980 Parish hall, Färentuna, Sweden
1981 Sports Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
1981–1986 Housing, Malminkartano, Helsinki, Finland
1983–1989 Housing, shops and office, Ekerö, Sweden
1983–1987 Housing, Graz, Austria
1984 City Terminal, Stockholm, Sweden
1985 Urban renewal Ancona, Italy
1985–1986 Restaurant, St. Goran Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1985–1986 Housing, Myrstuguberget, Vårby, Sweden
1986–1987 Ice rink, Märsta, Sweden
1986–1990 Lilla Bommen, offices, Gothenburg, Sweden
1986–1990 Law students’ building, Stockholm, Sweden
1986–1990 Housing, Umeå, Sweden
1988–1991 The Ark, Hammersmith, London, England
1992–1994 Crossrail stations, London, England
1993–1997 Infill housing and shops, Grave, the Netherlands
1994–1997 University Hall, Aula Magna, Stockholm, Sweden
1994–1996 Infill housing, retail and mixed use functions, Gorinchem, the Netherlands
1995–1996 Masterplan, Sveaparken, Schiedam, the Netherlands
1995–1997 Infill housing, Schiedam, the Netherlands
1995–1998 Housing, Middelburg, the Netherlands
1997 Greenwich Millennium Housing Competition
1997–2001 Art centre, Hedesunda, Sweden
1998–2005 Greenwich Millennium Village. Masterplan and housing/mixed use functions, London, England
1999 Sergels Torg, Stockholm Sweden
2000 Bo-01 Housing, Malmö, Sweden
2000–2002 Hotel, Borgafjäll, Lapland, Sweden
2000–2003 Stapolin Village, masterplan, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Solidarity House, Lipnica, Bosnia
2003–2005 Masterplan for Baltic, Stockholm, Sweden
2004–2005 Masterplan for Lichoceves, Prague, Czech Republic
2004–2005 Masterplan for Eastern harbour, Helsinki, Finland