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Bell, Alexander Duncan, 1930 -: (architectural illustrator)

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

George Square Redevelopment: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, plans, 1964-1966

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5
Scope and Contents plans: tentative planning proposals: Arts and Social Sciences Precinct, (1964) plans: Arts Faculty Block D - William Robertson Building and David Hume Tower, (1964) plans: sketch layout of Windmill House area, (1964) plans: Podium edge details - blocks C, D and E, (1966) plans: Arts Faculty Block G feasibility study, (1965) ...
Dates: 1964-1966

George Square Redevelopment: plans and drawings for Edinburgh University Main Library and Liverpool University Library, 1960-1967

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.8
Scope and Contents George Square Redevelopment: plans and drawings for Edinburgh University Main Library and Liverpool University Library consists of: set of plans, by Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson, entitled "University Library" consists of 12 plans and 5 elevations, mostly at 1/16 scale. There are 5 different versions of the site plan, floor plans for the lower ground, ground and second floor, 2 different...
Dates: 1960-1967

George Square redevelopment: reports, 1960-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.3
Scope and Contents 5 reports concerning proposals for the redevelopment of George Square by the University of Edinburgh. Included is the 1963 proposal for the whole of George Square, by Percy Johnson-Marshall, in his capacity as Planning Consultant to the University. Original photographs of scenic drawings by Alexander Duncan Bell and an architectural model, used as illustrations for this report, are included. Other reports are: proposals for disabled access by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, and...
Dates: 1960-1973

Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, 1963-1983

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1
Scope and Contents Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning consists of: minutes, reports and correspondence, (1964-1976) City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study - reports, (1971) collected reports concerning transportation planning in Edinburgh, (1963-1983) plans: Tollcross CDA development brief, (1970) scenic...
Dates: 1963-1983

Scenic drawings of plans for Edinburgh's Grassmarket, 1963

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1.5
Scope and Contents

2 coloured architectural scenic drawings (46cm x 73cm) by Alexander Duncan Bell, for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, showing a possible ring-road development and pedestrian areas in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. The drawings depict traffic, pedestrians, current architecture and modern architecture coexisting. There are also 2 black and white photographic prints of each drawing (13cm x 21cm).

Dates: 1963

Tentative planning proposals: Arts and Social Sciences Precinct, 1964

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.1
Scope and Contents Set of 9 copy architectural plans and sections (62cm x 76cm), at 1:500 scale, of the proposed Arts and Social Sciences Precinct for the University of Edinburgh. All are stamped "draft for discussion only". 4 are hand overlaid using large-tip felt-tip pens to show proposals for pedestrian and traffic access and circulation at different levels of the development. 1 is similarly overlaid to show phasing information at podium level. There is a bird's eye view 3 dimensional view of the...
Dates: 1964

University of Edinburgh: "An Expanding University" - exhibition of university development at Adam House, correspondence, papers and photographs, 1960-1984

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/F/3
Scope and Contents University of Edinburgh: Permanent exhibition of university development at Adam House, correspondence, papers and photographs file consists of: correspondence including notes concerning work required to set-up the exhibition, the possibility of reinstating it and concern about its future. completed information forms concerning the buildings to be profiled in the exhibition ...
Dates: 1960-1984

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: proposed multi-storey carpark, 1971

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5.1.1
Scope and Contents 14 copy plans (59cm x 85cm) of a proposed multi-storey carpark for the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings. The architects were Percy Johnson-Marshall and Associates in conjunction with Holst & Co, Scotland Ltd. There are 2 different versions of 3 floor plans. The first versions are dated3 March 1971 and the second version 17 March 1971. These are at 1/16" to 1' scale. There are 3 copies of the site plan at 1:200 scale. Each is slightly different and one is overdrawn...
Dates: 1971

University of Edinburgh: published maps of the University, c1966-1968

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/F/5
Scope and Contents A selection of 7 published maps of the University of Edinburgh campus. There are 4 slightly different copies of a folding map published by Bartholomew Ltd and designed by Alexander Duncan Bell and John M MacGregor which shows the university buildings, important public buildings and the location of departments. 1 map forms part of a feature on the university's development plans, probably from a student newspaper, and shows university owned sites and buildings at George Square, New College,...
Dates: c1966-1968

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