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9 copy architectural plans (60cm x 85cm), formerly stapled together, showing interior detail and podium plans for the University of Edinburgh Arts Faculty Block D (later the William Robertson Building and David Hume Tower). In addition there is a sheet of pencil and tracing paper draft sections undertaken by Percy Johnson Marshall & Associates.

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20 copy architectural plans (60cm x 85cm) by Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners showing a feasibility study for the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Arts Block G which was never built. There are floor plans and block plans for both phase I and phase II at podium and subpodium level all at 1/16" to 1' scale. There are also parking plans and a site plan.

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"Coventry of Tomorrow" series consists of:

Scope and Contents 14 black and white photographic prints showing George Square in Edinburgh. 2 of these have been printed in a publication: 1 photograph of University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower under construction, with cleared sites to the south and east of the square (61cm x 40cm), (1965) 1 photograph of the completed University of Edinburgh Main Library and Faculty of Social Sciences precinct, in the...

Scope and Contents Large scale black and white photographic prints (maximum size 51cm x 60cm), which join together to show the full facade of the former Heriot-Watt University building in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. The adjacent Bank of Scotland, former dental hospital and Minto Street are also included. The statue of James Watt, later removed to the new Heriot-Watt University campus can be seen in situ as can busts of the founders of Heriot-Watt University: George Heriot and Leonard Horner. Some of the...

Scope and Contents Set of copy drawings on transparencies (A1 size) showing the National Library of Scotland and the former Heriot-Watt University building in Edinburgh. There are 2 plans showing the former Heriot-Watt University building and the surrounding buildings at 1:200 scale. 1 of these plans shows the existing utilities while the other shows relative heights and surface information. Two of the plans show photographic elevations of Bristo Church, the National Library of Scotland and Heriot-Watt...

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A copy set of plans (57cm x 72cm) relating to a feasibility study undertaken for the National Library of Scotland, in Edinburgh, concerning a possible extension into the former Heriot-Watt University site. The first set consists of 5 floor plans and a site plan showing possible use of the site. Additionally there is an elevation showing the planned development in relation to the other buildings in the vicinity. These drawings have no scale or credit information.

Scope and Contents 6 manuscript perspective pencil drawings on transparencies with "letraset" (60cm x 84cm). These show 2 proposed schemes for a new entrance to the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh and are part of the feasibility study into taking over the Heriot-Watt College building in Chambers Street. Views of the new entrance and views of it in conjunction with the existing frontage are given. There are also views of a proposed low-level walkway as it would be seen from The...

Scope and Contents Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies consists of the following sets of plans and photographs: Chambers Street - plans as existing, (1971) Heriot-Watt site, (c1971) perspective drawings of planned additions to the National Library of Scotland (c1971) National Library of Scotland, (1973) Heriot-Watt University facade...

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Chambers Street development consists of: