William Kininmonth (architect)

From 1925 to 1929 he also attended classes at Edinburgh College of Art under John Begg, where he first met Basil Spence, then a fellow student.

With Spence, Kininmonth spent a year as an assistant in the office of Sir Edwin Lutyens in London, working on designs for the Viceroy's House in New Delhi, and attending evening classes at The Bartlett under Albert Richardson.

In 1931, Kininmonth set up in practice with Basil Spence, working from a single room in the office of Rowand Anderson & Paul in Edinburgh.

In 1942 he was called up for military service, and served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa and Italy.

During his apprenticeship Kininmonth lived in a house of his own design: 46a Dick Place, The Grange, Edinburgh.