About Peter Cummings
Lived 1879 – 1957 (aged 77–78). Peter Cummings was a British architect.
Peter Cummings FRIBA FMSA (1879 – 8 June 1957) was a British architect of Russian origin. He was a leading Art Deco architect in Manchester, England.
Cummings was born Peter Caminesky in Minsk. Russia. The Appleby Lodge apartment blocks on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, were designed by Gunton & Gunton with Peter Cummings and built during 1936–1939. He also designed the Manchester Reform Synagogue with Eric Levy (1952, opened in 1953), after the original building was destroyed in 1941 during the Manchester Blitz.
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Who was Peter Cummings?
Russian-English architect
When was Peter Cummings born?
Peter Cummings was born in 1879 in Minsk.
When did Peter Cummings die?
Peter Cummings died on 8 June 1957.
What was Peter Cummings's occupation?
Peter Cummings was an architect.
What nationality was Peter Cummings?
Peter Cummings was British.
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· DBpedia: Peter Cummings (architect)
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