Douglas Gray Round [also known as D.G. Round; and as Douglas G. Round] was born in Chelsea, Middlesex [now London], England on 23 April 1883. It is not known where and with whom he trained as an architect. He practised in London during the early years of the twentieth century. In c.1908 he was in partnership with Ralph Knott (1878-1929) as Knott & Round. They unsuccessfully submitted an entry in a competition to design municipal buildings in Bethnal Green, London. Their designs are illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 2, no. 15, February 1908 (pp. 116-117). The partnership with Knott may have been formed specifically and only for this competition as there is no evidence of their work together after this date.
A drawing of 'Baskets', a house in Colchester, Essex, designed by Round is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1911 (p.71).
Round exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1910 and 1912. His address was given as Adelphi Terrace House, Strand, London in 1910; Avenue House, Newland Street, Witham, Essex in 1911; and Cottage Wood, Ashley Close, Chertsey, Surrey in 1934. He died in Colchester, Essex on 2 September 1936
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001