University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development, 1949-c1984
Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D
Scope and Contents
Development of King's Buildings consists of:
- committee and sub-committee papers, (1949-1978)
- photographs, (1949-1978)
- reports, (1961-c1984)
- development plans, (c1960-1970)
- buildings plans, (1951-1978)
Dates
- 1949-c1984
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
3 files, 24 plan files and 1 plan box
Conditions Governing Access
Material relating to living individuals may be restricted under the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Biographical / Historical
The University of Edinburgh's King's Buildings site, to the south of the city, was acquired in 1919 and since then has steadily been developed with buildings for the Faculties of Science and Engineering and some non-University institutes. Percy Johnson-Marshall was appointed site consultant in 1964, coordinating developments, allocating sites for buildings and determining the roads and general layout in a series of reports and feasibility studies. In this, he was responsible to the King's Buildings Committee, itself a sub-committee of the University Development Committee, and the various sub-committees involved with specific buildings, until 1985. During Johnson-Marshall's tenure, buildings by a variety of architects were erected for: Biology, Forestry & Natural Resources (the Darwin Building); Maths, Physics & Computer Science (the James Clerk-Maxwell Building); Botany; the (new) Refectory and Boiler House; Experimental Petrology, and Epigenetics. Many existing buildings were also extended and Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates were the architects for the system-build multi-storey car park.
Extent
3 metres
Physical Description
3 files, 24 plan files and 1 plan box
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 11 February 2004
Sarah Higgins 11 February 2004
- Architecture, Designs and Plans
- Campus Parking
- Campus Planning
- College Buildings
- Committees
- Edinburgh -- Scotland
- Maps
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:)
- Photographs
- Technical Reports
- University of Edinburgh, Development Committee. Development Committee
- University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Committee. King's Buildings Committee (fl1949-1978)
- University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Science (1893-1991)
- University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Science and Engineering (1991-:)
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk