Philip Russell Diplock

Philip Russell Diplock (November 1927 - July 2019) is a British architect. He is the founder of Russell Diplock & Associates

Arlington House, Margate
The Kingswest Centre, Brighton (now the Odeon Kingswest Cinema)

Early life

Philip Russell Diplock was born in November 1927,[1] son of Philip Bernard Diplock (a manager at Capital and Counties Bank) and Elsie Margaret Diplock (née Besley - Born 1898, died 1976 - source Ancestry Family Tree.) His younger brother was Professor Anthony Diplock, former Chair of Biochemistry at Guys and Kings Medical School London.). Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock is a distant cousin.

Career

Diplock founded Russell Diplock & Associates, an architectural firm. It designed the 18-storey modernist Arlington House, Margate, which was built in 1964 by the contractors Bernard Sunley & Sons.[2] They also designed numerous buildings in the Brighton area.

References
  1. "TOPBROOK DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. "The Building". Arlingtonmargate. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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