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'''David Bryce''' was born in [[London]], [[England]] although his is from [[Scottish]] decent. He was born on the 6th of January 1990 in [[Hammersmith Hospital]]. Since then he has achieved many things including being better at football than [[Scott Preedy]].

'''David Bryce''' ([[1803]]-[[1876]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] architect. Born in [[Edinburgh]], he joined the office of architect [[William Burn]] in [[1825]], aged 22. By [[1841]], Bryce had risen to be Burn's partner. Burn and Bryce formally dissolved their partnership in [[1845]], with disputes over the building of [[St Mary's Church, Dalkeith]], [[Midlothian]], for the [[Duke of Buccleuch]] (a factor in the split).

With commissions for over 230 buildings during his career, Bryce is best known for perfecting the [[Scottish Baronial]] style, with which he pioneered the development of large and loosely planned [[country houses]]. His designs drew inspiration from [[16th century]] Scottish architecture, including [[crowstepped gables]], [[turret]]s and [[Carving|carved]] doorways.

In his banks and public buildings, he preferred to use [[Italianate]] [[classical architecture|classical]] styles similar to those of [[Charles Barry|Charles Barry]]. His design for [[Fettes College]], Edinburgh was one of the first to revive the [[France|French]] [[château]] style.

==External link==

*[http://www.davidbryce.org.uk/ The Architecture of David Bryce]

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