Alexander Cullen (architect)

Alexander Cullen FRSE OBE (1892–1963) was a Scottish architect and town planner operating in the 20th century.

He was born on 9 April 1892 in Hamilton, Scotland the son of Alexander Cullen, a noted theatre design specialist, and his wife, Barbara Rodger.

During this period he specialised in housing schemes sympathetically revitalising rural communities, receiving a Saltire Society Award for his work.

In the First World War he was commissioned as an officer in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, serving in France.

He saw service again in France, including the evacuation of his battalion from Cherbourg Naval Base in 1941, for which action he later received the Order of the British Empire.