Michael Scott (architect)

Initially, he wanted to pursue a career as a painter but his father pointed out that it might make more financial sense to become an architect.

[citation needed] Scott became an apprentice for the sum of £375 per annum to the Dublin architectural firm Jones and Kelly.

As a result, Scott was presented with a silver medal for distinguished services and given honorary citizenship of the city of New York by the then Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.

Other better-known architects who designed national pavilions for this World Fair included Alvar Aalto of Finland and Oscar Niemeyer (born 1907) of Brazil.

Though initially controversial, Busáras was to win Scott the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland Triennial Gold Medal for Architecture.