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Gibberd
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Gibberd [ˈgɪbəd]
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(Biographies / Gibberd, Sir Frederick (1908-1984) M, British, ARCHITECTURE: architect, MISC: town planner) Sir Frederick. 1908-84, British architect and town planner. His buildings include the Liverpool Roman Catholic cathedral (1960-67) and the Regent's Park Mosque in London (1977). Harlow in the U.K. and Santa Teresa in Venezuela were built to his plans


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The late architect Frederick Gibberd designed it to accommodate 1.
Designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd and consecrated in 1967, it was built on land adjacent to the pre-war crypt, the only completed part of Sir Edwin Lutyens's stupendous 1930 design.
CAPTION(S): SPACE-AGE: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King being built in 1965 with Liverpool Cathedral in the background; NEW VIEW: The 1964 skyline of Liverpool from the Mersey waterfront, courtesy of the emerging cathedral (see pictures below); BIG EVENT: The grand opening of the cathedral in 1967; RAISE THE ROOF: The architect Frederick Gibberd said function was apriority when it came to construction (right); Cardinal John Heenan (far right)
 
 
 
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