Frank Mears

Frank Charles Mears (1880 - 1953) was a Scottish architect and Scotland's leading planning consultant from the 1930s to the early 1950s.

He trained as an architect, initially with Hippolyte Blanc (1896 - 1901), and then with Robert Weir Schultz (1860 - 1951). In 1908 he became an assistant to the pioneer planner Patrick Geddes (1854 - 1932), working on a Survey of Edinburgh for the first Town Planning Exhibition in 1910.

In 1943, under the autonomous administration established by the wartime Secretary of State for Scotland, Tom Johnston, Mears was asked to prepare a regional plan for central and south-east Scotland, an area encompassing the entire catchments of the Rivers Forth and Tweed. His Regional Plan for Central and South-East Scotland was published in 1948.

In 1947, he prepared a report entitled Greenock: Portal of the Clyde for the Corporation of Greenock. In 1948, the Corporation commissioned a documentary film on Mears' planning work for the burgh. Greenock Plans Ahead was direc…more

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	Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland by Elizabeth Cumming 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edinburgh: An Illustrated Architectural Guide by Charles McKean 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1982 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life by Volker M. Welter (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction by Charles McKean 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Most Unsettling Person: An Introduction to the Ideas and Life of Patrick Geddes by Paddy Kitchen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patrick Geddes’s Intellectual Origins by Murdo MacDonald it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Planning and Building of the Hebrew University, 1919 - 1948: Facing the Temple Mount by Diana Dolev really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs and Confessions of a County Planning Officer by Frank Purser Tindall really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renewing Old Edinburgh: The Enduring Legacy of Patrick Geddes by Jim Johnson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planning: The Irish Experience 1920 - 1988 by Michael J. Bannon (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars