James Hoey Craigie
James Hoey Craigie TD FRIBA was a Scottish architect. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art. In 1894 he won the Alexander Thomson travelling scholarship which he spent in France and Italy. In 1905 he was made a partner in the firm Clarke & Bell, its name changing to Clarke & Bell & J H Craigie.
Significant works
Craigie's significant work includes the domed roof and restaurant additions to the Grosvenor Building, 72–80 Gordon Street ; Art Nouveau remodelling of early 19th century tenement, 186–188 Argyle Street ; the reconstruction of the Justiciary Buildings in Glasgow ; Corona Bar, Langside ; and St Mary's Parish Church, Kirkintilloch.In 1929, Craigie was commissioned to design a new Department Store with of shopping space for the firm of Lewis's Limited, who had bought over an old Glasgow firm, John Anderson's "Royal Polytechnic" known to Glaswegians as "The Poly". He worked closely with Frederick Marquis (later Lord Woolton) who subsequently became Managing Director of Lewis's. They were most thorough in their planning and Craigie and Marquis toured the country inspecting all department stores with the object of ensuring that the new store would embrace everything that was good in its construction. They visited London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and incorporated all the knowledge acquired into the plans for the Glasgow Store. Craigie's biggest difficulty was to find a sure method of keeping the River Clyde out of the basement.