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3 unusual facts about Raglan Squire


Raglan Squire

In the 1970s he worked in the Netherlands, Jamaica (where he designed the beachside Inter-Continental Hotel at Ocho Rios) and Malta; he also designed the spectacular Bank of America building in Singapore.

Upon graduation Rag spent a year working on building sites, followed by four years working in architects' offices and studying part-time for his RIBA exams at the Regent Street Polytechnic's evening classes in the early 1930s.

His other foreign work included a town planning scheme for Mosul in Iraq, and a report for Baghdad airport, both in 1955.



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