Reginald Arthur Rix was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on 8 December 1866. He was articled to Charles Henman (1845-1940) from 1883 to 1885 and remained with him as his assistant until 1887. From 1887 to 1892 he was employed as managing assistant by Joseph Douglass Mathews (1838-1923) in London. During these years he also studied at the Architectural Association Schools in London.
Rix qualified as an architect in 1892 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) the following year. He commenced independent practice as an architect in 1892. He was in partnership with Edward Wilkins (1872-?) from 1908 to 1914, and with his son, Howard Terrell Rix (1907-1979) as Rix & Rix, from 1933. Following his retirement in 1942, his son took over the practice.
Reginald Arthur Rix's address was given as 26 Budge Row, Cannon Street, London in 1893 and 1914; The Red House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire in 1923 and 1935; Market Street Chambers, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire in 1930; High Street, Burnham, Buckinghamshire in 1935 and 1939; and Edgcombe Cottage, Lincoln Hatch Lane, Burnham, Buckinghamshire in 1948. He died in Burnham, Buckinghamshire on 22 September 1948.
Block of flats, 27, Albemarle Street, W., 1913; house at Bricket Wood, Herts, for Sir David Yule, Bart., 1915; cottages, Silvertown, London, E., for Messrs. Vernon and Sons, 1916; house at Walton Heath, Surrey, for Sir Harry Greer, M.P., 1917; additions. White Lodge, Dunchurch, for Lord Waring, 1917; operating theatre and Workshops for disabled soldiers, Shepherd's Bush, for the Red Cross, 1917; house at Ashtead, Surrey, for Sir Arthur Duckham, K.C.B., 1919; additions to house at Littleworth Corner, Bucks, for the Hon. Sir Charles Russell, Bart.. 1021; additions to Ewell Castle, Surrey, for Sir Percival Perry, K.C.B., 1921; restorations and additions to Tithe Farm, Stoke Poges, Bucks, for the Rt. Hon. the Dowager Countess of Brassey, 1922; restorations and additions to Fulmer House, Bucks, for Col. F. Allhusen, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1922; Messrs. J. C. Eno's factory, 1923: house for Sir Almroth Wright, K.B.E., 1924; alterations and additions to East Burnham End, for Sir Wyndham Dunstan, 1924; restoration of St. Peter's Church, Burnham, Bucks. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 175, 1 October 1948 p. 380
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 56, 1949 p. 244
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The vArchitectural Press, 1926