Editing Giles Gilbert Scott (section)

===1940s===
Scott's search for the "middle line" caused him difficulties when he was appointed as architect for the new [[Coventry Cathedral]] in 1942. Pressured by the new Bishop of Coventry for a modern design and by the Royal Fine Arts Commission for a recreation of the old cathedral, he was criticised for trying to compromise between the two and designing a building that was neither fish nor fowl. Unable to reconcile these differences Scott resigned in 1947; a competition was held and won by [[Basil Spence]] with an uncompromisingly modern design.

After the [[Palace of Westminster#Commons Chamber|Commons chamber]] of the [[Palace of Westminster]] was destroyed by bombs in 1941, Scott was appointed in 1944 to rebuild it. Here he was hemmed in entirely by the surviving building, but was entirely of the view that the new chamber should be congruent with the old as anything else would clash with the Gothic style of [[Charles Barry]] and [[Augustus Pugin]]. This view found favour with [[Winston Churchill]] who observed "We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us".<ref>{{Cite Hansard |jurisdiction= United Kingdom|title=House Of Commons Rebuilding |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1943-10-28/debates/4388c736-7e25-4a7e-92d8-eccb751c4f56/HouseOfCommonsRebuilding |house=House of Commons |date=28 October 1943 |column=403 |speaker=Winston Churchill |position=Prime Minister}}</ref> In a debate on 25 January 1945, the House of Commons approved his choice by 121 to 21.<ref>{{Cite Hansard|jurisdiction= United Kingdom|title=House Of Commons (Rebuilding) |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1943-10-28/debates/4388c736-7e25-4a7e-92d8-eccb751c4f56/HouseOfCommonsRebuilding |house=House of Commons |date=25 January 1945 |column=1105}}</ref>