Thomas Tait Architect Buildings, Scotland, England, Tower, Office, Bridge, Info

Thomas Tait Architect : Architecture

20th Century Architecture in the UK: English Building Designer

post updated 21 May 2025

Thomas Smith Tait
Dates: 1882 – 1954

Thomas Tait Architect – Key Projects

Thomas Tait Buildings

Adelaide House, adjacent to the River Thames, City of London, England, UK
Date built: 1925
Design with British architect John James Burnet

photograph © Adrian Welch
Adelaide House
Adelaide House is a Grade II listed office building located facing the River Thames, at the southern perimeter of the City of London. Upon completion in 1925 it was the City’s tallest office block, at 43 m (141 ft). It is located on King William Street, adjacent to London Bridge, on the site of the old London Bridge Waterworks. London Bridge Wharf stood below it and was later incorporated into New Fresh Wharf, before being redeveloped in the late 1970s. The building was named in honour of King William IV’s wife Adelaide, who, in 1831, had performed the opening ceremony of London Bridge.

The Daily Telegraph Office – Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, London, England, UK
Date built: –

photograph © Nick Weall
Daily Telegraph Office London – Fleet Street Buildings

Hawkhead Hospital, Paisley, nr Glasgow, Scotland
Date built: –
Hawkhead Hospital – featured on the Glasgow Architecture website

St Andrew’s House, central Edinburgh, Scotland
Date built: –
St Andrew’s House

Sydney Harbour Bridge – pylons, Australia
Date built: –

Major Project

Empire Exhibition – Masterplan, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Date built: 1938
incl. design of 300ft high The Tower of Empire, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland

The Empire Exhibition was the largest collection of Modern architecture built in the UK in the first half of the 20th century

More projects by architect Thomas Tait online soon

Location: London, south east England, UK

Thomas Tait Architect Practice Information

Scottish architect

Scottish Architects Practices

Partner in the architects practice Burnet Tait and Lorne.

He won the architecture competition to design the Hawkhead Hospital building, Scotland, in 1932.

The Burtons store in Edinburgh designed by JJ Burnet, Scottish architect – featured on the Edinburgh Architecture website.

London Architectural Designs

London Architects

London Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:

Design: Wright & Wright

image © architects
British Academy Refurbishment
Wright & Wright has started work on a project to remodel the grade I-listed offices of the British Academy in central London. This Carlton House Terrace project won Listed Building Consent this summer.