Development of Bristo Square: general administration files, 1976-1980

This file contains the contents of 4 files dealing with the conception, design and development of Bristo Square as part of the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962). Each file covers an individual year: 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1980. There is no file for 1977. The contents include draft and finished plans, architectural drawings, scenic drawings, reports and plans for an ideas competition. Detailed estimates for the cost of the project are included. Relevant University of Edinburgh Development Committee papers and minutes are also included, as are correspondence with developers and interested University parties. There are also several editions of the University of Edinburgh Bulletin featuring the development, and a full set of correspondence received following an article on 7 February 1979.