Glengarry, Corson and Pilbrow

The firm Glengarry, Corson and Pilbrow were active in the Gisborne area in the 1970s. The firm has a complicated lineage, as described by Julia Gatley:

"The continuum of Glengarry, Glengarry and Corson/Glengarry, Corson and Pilbrow/Corson Nicoll/Nicoll Architects/Nicoll Blackburne/Architects 44 has been the dominant local practice [in Gisborne] since its formation in 1951 by Monty Glengarry. He was joined by his brother Bruce almost immediately, by Jock Corson in 1952 and Cantabrian Colin Pilbrow in 1953. Draughtsman Derek Phillips later recalled that Monty was good at bringing the work in and Bruce looked after the finances (before moving into valuation from about 1970), while Corson and Pilbrow were both talented designers. Pilbrow oscillated between the firm and sole practice until 1979, when he left Gisborne. Graeme Nicoll joined the practice in 1980. Monty Glengarry and Jock Corson both died that decade and Nicoll took over the firm, joined in partnership by James Blackburne in 2000. Today, as Architects 44, Blackburne is in partnership with Daniel King and Rachael Spriggs. They hold much of the firm’s archive of drawings, dating back to the 1950s. Derek Phillips and Michael Parkin set up Gisborne Group Architects in 1999. Parkin ran it from 2001 to 2008, when he moved to Hawke’s Bay."

~ quoted from Julia Gatley, 'Itinerary: Tairāwhiti Gisborne city guide' ArchitectureNow, Oct 2021.