William Binnie (architect)

Between 1908 and 1910 Binnie studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where he was awarded a gold medal and a travel scholarship, which he used to spend a year Italy.

[1] Binnie served in the Army during World War I, eventually attaining the rank of major in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).

[1] He spent much of the post-war years in France and Belgium designing memorials, including the one at Nieuwpoort in West Flanders.

The East Stand of Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, (1936) was designed by Ferrier and Binnie and is now a Grade II listed building.

[7] He also undertook commissions in Malta, including the Hotel Phoenicia at Floriana (1939)[1] and The Farsons Brewery (1950), designed with Lewis V.