# David Aberdeen

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{{short description|English architect}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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| name         = David Aberdeen
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| birth_name   = David William du Roi Aberdeen
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1913|08|13|df=y}} 
| birth_place  = [Poplar, London](/source/Poplar%2C_London), England
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1987|01|15|1913|08|13|df=y}}
| death_place  = [Enfield](/source/Enfield%2C_Middlesex), London, England
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| occupation   = Architect
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'''David William du Roi Aberdeen''' (13 August 1913 – 15 January 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=d&lastname=aberdeen&eventyear=1913&eventyear_offset=0|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=david&lastname=aberdeen&eventyear=1987&eventyear_offset=0|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/person-1515875_280321181_280321181/david-william-durieu-aberdeen|title=Profile of David William Durieu Aberdeen|website=MyHeritage.com|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref> was an English architect.
thumb|left|Congress House
In 1948, Aberdeen won an architectural competition to design the new TUC headquarters building in Great Russell Street, London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-7646-f0.cfm |accessdate=26 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104124112/http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-7646-f0.cfm |archivedate=4 November 2011 |title=Trades Union Congress - About Congress House and the Bevin Room }}</ref> Staff began to move into the offices in 1956 and the building was officially opened in 1958. Today the building is [Grade II* listed](/source/Grade_II*_listed).<ref>{{NHLE|num=1113223|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>

[Congress House](/source/Congress_House) was officially opened on 27 March 1958 along with the unveiling of the sculpture by [Jacob Epstein](/source/Jacob_Epstein), intended as a memorial to the dead trade unionists of both world wars, in the courtyard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unionhistory.info/index.php |title=The Union Makes Us Strong - TUC History Online |publisher=Unionhistory.info |date= |accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref> It was one of the earliest post-war buildings to be listed at Grade II*, in 1988.<ref name=c20society>{{cite web|title=Congress House|url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/botm/congress-house-london-wc1/|website=c20society|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref> As of 2020, it still serves as the TUC's headquarters and is available on a private hire basis for events.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.congresscentre.co.uk/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Congress Centre|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Aberdeen's other work includes the Aircraft Assembly Buildings at Filton, Bristol (jointly with Eric Ross), 1947-49, the [Swiss Centre](/source/Swiss_Centre%2C_London) in Leicester Square, London, 1961-8,<ref name=c20society /> and [Shrewsbury Market Hall](/source/Shrewsbury_Market_Hall), 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shrewsburytoday.co.uk/appeal-for-memories-as-shrewsbury-market-hall-turns-50/ |title=Appeal for memories as Shrewsbury Market Hall turns 50 |publisher=Shrewsbury Today |date=7 July 2015 |accessdate=26 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045115/http://www.shrewsburytoday.co.uk/appeal-for-memories-as-shrewsbury-market-hall-turns-50/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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