Arthur John Hope, known as “AJ” (1875-1960) was an English architect and president of the Manchester Society of Architects (1924). He was born in Atherton, Greater Manchester. Hope entered the office of Bradshaw & Gass in 1892 as a pupil and was made a partner ten years later creating Bradshaw, Gass & Hope (after 1912 Bradshaw Gass & Hope). Hope was respected as a building planner but was a poor draftsman and required a large number of assistants to interpret his ideas.

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  • Arthur John Hope, known as “AJ” (1875-1960) was an English architect and president of the Manchester Society of Architects (1924). He was born in Atherton, Greater Manchester. Hope entered the office of Bradshaw & Gass in 1892 as a pupil and was made a partner ten years later creating Bradshaw, Gass & Hope (after 1912 Bradshaw Gass & Hope). Hope was respected as a building planner but was a poor draftsman and required a large number of assistants to interpret his ideas. By the 1930s, he was an intimidating figure dominating an office in which there was a strict hierarchy of professions. One of his interpreters was George Grenfell Baines whose work so impressed Hope he considered making him a partner. Hope was a Traditionalist, favouring a severe classical style derived from the later Georgian architects, with a strong dislike of Modernism; under his direction Bradshaw Gass & Hope continued to produce neo-Georgian designs until the 1960s.
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  • Arthur John Hope, known as “AJ” (1875-1960) was an English architect and president of the Manchester Society of Architects (1924). He was born in Atherton, Greater Manchester. Hope entered the office of Bradshaw & Gass in 1892 as a pupil and was made a partner ten years later creating Bradshaw, Gass & Hope (after 1912 Bradshaw Gass & Hope). Hope was respected as a building planner but was a poor draftsman and required a large number of assistants to interpret his ideas.
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  • Arthur John Hope
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