George Square Redevelopment: plans: landscape and streetscape, 1964-1965
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.6
Scope and Contents
Set of plans by Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates relating to the landscape and streetscape details of the development of the George Square area by the University of Edinburgh. The plans include:
- George Square Gardens: a large scale, hand coloured base layout of George Square Gardens (42cm x 60cm)
- University of Edinburgh: George Square area: treatment of south and east sides of the square - a hand-coloured plan at 1:500 scale showing the building schedule for the area and possible treatment to surfaces in the square
- 2 copies of a small scale plan, reduced from the above with the required realignment for Meadow Walk indicated. 1 copy has tree symbols in colour and has been amended by hand. The second is a black and white copy of this.
- 3 manuscript plans on tracing paper showing 3 different large-scale streetscape layouts for the south side of George Square
- suggested treatment of surfaces and levels of George Square: transparancy copy of 1/16" = 1' scale plan, with hand additions and "letra-tone".
Dates
- Creation: 1964-1965
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
8 plans
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the undefined: 3 metres
Physical Description
8 plans
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 16 June 2003
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Subject
- Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Arts (university faculty) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
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