Arthur Benison Hubback
| Arthur Benison Hubback (A. B. Hubback) |
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| Born |
Arthur Benison Hubback 13 April 1871 74, Rodney Street, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 8 May 1948 (aged 77) 4 The Hollies, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
Arthur Benison Hubback (13 April 1871 – 8 May 1948) was a British architect and soldier who designed several important buildings in British Malaya. He was active in sports, especially football and cricket. Hubback was promoted to brigadier general during his service in the British Army.
Arthur Hubback was born in Liverpool, England, in 1871, son of Joseph Hubback (1814–1882), who was Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1870 and a merchant, and Georgina (born Eliott-Lockhart). Arthur attended Fettes College, Edinburgh, and then started work as an apprentice for the city architect in Liverpool, Thomas Shelmerdine.
In 1895, Hubback became chief draughtsman of Selangor public works department, which was then working on the building of government offices now known as Sultan Abdul Samad Building. The Sultan Abdul Samad Building was originally designed by A.C. Norman and R. A. J. Bidwell in a Classic Renaissance style, but Norman's plan was then reworked on by Bidwell in an Indo-Saracenic or Moorish style, and Hubback also worked on the building. After work on the building was finished in 1897, he worked in private practice for a few years, before returning to public work in 1901.
From then until the outbreak of World War I was a period of great construction projects, and he worked on buildings in Malaya and Hong Kong, from mosques to railway stations. An important work designed by Hubback is the Kuala Lumpur railway station. Among other major works he designed are the Jamek Mosque, Kowloon railway station, and Ipoh railway station. He designed at least 25 buildings in Malaya, and many of these are now considered an important part of the architectural heritage of Malaysia.
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