Reginald Arthur Hyatt Phipp was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England on 3 January 1884 and was articled to H. Stanley in Trowbridge in 1899. Having completed his articles he worked he moved to Manchester where he worked as an assistant to John Ely (1848-1915) and to John Henry Woodhouse (1847-1929). He also attended Owens College (Victoria University of Manchester) and Manchester School of Technology. He subsequently remained in Manchester where he practised as an architect. For a period he was in partnership with Alfred Rigby (1880-?) and (?) Oliver in the architectural firm Rigby, Oliver & Phipp at 92 Market Street, Manchester. In 1909 the practice submitted an entry for a competition to design an to extension to Grimsby Town Hall. Their designs are illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 3, no. 32, August 1910 (pp. 224-228).
Phipp was still practising as an architect in Manchester in 1914. During World War One he served as an officer in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
By 1920 he had moved to Greece where he was Architect to the Royal Hellenic Government and based in Salonika. By 1927 he had returned to England and was practising as an architect in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
Phipp was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1908. His address was given as 1 Balloon Street, Manchester in 1908; 92 Market Street, Manchester in 1910 and 1914; 70 Rue Reine Olga, Salonika, Greece in 1920; 42 Mona Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham in 1927; and 50 Trevor Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham in 1930 and 1937. He died in Nottingham on 24 January 1946
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001