Basic Site Details Name: | Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Work by Harvey & Scott in 1965 cost £410,000 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Royal College of Science and Technology | | |  | Royal Technical College | | Name from 9 February 1912 |  | University of Strathclyde | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | EDUCATION | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 204, George Street | Yes | |  | Montrose Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | | | Build/construction | The School of Architecture is to be build as part of the multimillion ponud development. |  | June 1892 | | | Design prepared by Robert A Bryden, on Committee's request - unexecuted |  | 5 October 1900 | | | New Committee appointed to select architect, after further deliberations; designs invited from specifically selected firms |  | 18 January 1901 | | Journal reference | Competition brief summarised in 'The Builder' (but competition was for invited entries only) |  | 17 April 1901 | | | Closing date for competition |  | 29 June 1901 | | Scheme accepted | David Barclay's scheme accepted |  | 17 June 1902 | | | Barclay appointed as architect |  | 1938 | | | Additions |  | January 1950 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | Plans in hand for extension |  | 1952 | | Plans dated | Layout for 4th Industrial Physics Conference. Circulations plans. |  | 17 July 1953 * | | Addition | Plans in hand for new building |  | 30 April 1954 * | | Alterations and additions | Plans prepared |  | 1960 | 1964 | Proposed | '£1m. extension scheme...phased over the next four years...The programme comprises a block for chemistry and chemical technology, and the completion of the Montrose-street engineering extension where it joins Cathedral-street.' per Builder 24 April 1959 p795 |  | 13 January 1961 | | Scheme accepted | plans for several major developments - 8-storey extension to new engineering block, 7-storey chemistry block and 3-storey chemical technology block - approved in principle per Builder p82 |  | 24 February 1961 | 1964 | Scheme accepted | third phase of college's £2.5m. post-war building programme; £1.25m. building programme including an 8-storey extension to the engineering dept, a 7-storey chemistry block and a 3-storey chemical technology block per Builder p384 |  | 1961 | | Addition | The Alex Colman Group of London, sponsoring a £1m. building development on a 11 acre site. The new developmente will incorporate shops, offices, a restaurant and an extension of the Royal College of Science and Technology, with parking facilities for 505 cars. |  | 1962 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | The Alex Colman Group of London are the sponsors of a building development in George Street, Richmond Street and North Portland Street: shops, offices, a restaurant and an extension to the Royal College of Science and Technology. Parking facilities for 505 cars. |  | 1965 | | Addition | Additions by Harvey & Scott |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | Robert Alexander Bryden | Architect | | June 1892 | | Produced design, on Committee's request - unexecuted |  | James Miller | Architect | | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | (Dr) Colin Sinclair | Architect | A | Late 1900 or early 1901 | 1911 | As chief assistant to H & D Barclay, who won competition to secure job, after being invited to submit design |  | David Barclay | Architect | A | Late 1900 or early 1901 | 1911 | Won competition to secure job, after being invited to submit design |  | H & D Barclay | Architectural practice | A | Late 1900 or early 1901 | 1911 | Won competition to secure job, after being invited to submit design |  | John Begg Campbell | Architect | A | Late 1900 or early 1901 | 1910 | As apprentice/assistant to H & D Barclay, who won competition to secure job, after being invited to submit design |  | P & W Anderson | Architectural practice | A | Late 1900 or early 1901 | 1911 | As engineers/builders |  | John Thomson | Architect | B | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | Robert Douglas Sandilands | Architect | B | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | Thomson & Sandilands | Architectural practice | B | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | Clarke & Bell | Architectural practice | C | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - Bell submitted J H Craigie's design rather than one by himself - unsuccessful but placed second by professional staff |  | George Bell II | Architect | C | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - Bell submitted his principal assistant J H Craigie's design rather than one by himself - unsuccessful but placed second by professional staff |  | James Hoey Craigie | Architect | C | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted - Bell was invited but he chose to submit a design by his principal assistant J H Craigie - unsuccessful but placed second by professional staff |  | James Salmon & Son | Architectural practice | D | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design - unsuccessful |  | James Salmon (junior) | Architect | D | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design - unsuccessful |  | John Gaff Gillespie | Architect | D | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design - unsuccessful |  | William Forrest Salmon | Architect | D | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design - unsuccessful |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | E | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | John Honeyman | Architect | E | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation - unsuccessful |  | Henry Mitchell | Architect | G | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation (in collaboration with Thomas Lennox Watson) - unsuccessful |  | Thomas Lennox Watson | Architect | G | Late 1900 or early 1901 | | Competition design submitted after invitation (in collaboration with Henry Mitchell) - unsuccessful |  | (Dr) Colin Sinclair | Architect | E | 1938 | | Additions |  | H & D Barclay | Architectural practice | E | 1938 | | Additions |  | Edward Grigg Wylie | Architect | R | 1950 | | Extension |  | Frederick Robert Wylie | Architect | R | 1950 | | Extension |  | Wylie, Shanks & Wylie | Architectural practice | R | 1950 | | Architects for extension |  | Alexander Buchanan Campbell | Architect | K | 1952 | | Layout for 4th Industrial Physics Conference. Circulations plans. |  | (Dr) Colin Sinclair | Architect | | 17 July 1953 * | | New building |  | Frederick Robert Wylie | Architect | S | 1954 | | Alterations and additions |  | Wylie, Shanks & Wylie | Architectural practice | S | 1954 * | | Alterations and additions |  | James Boyne Watson | Architect | L | 1960s | | Additions to Royal College (cost £2.5m) - probably the extension scheme mentioned in the Builder (see below). |  | James Napier Cunningham | Architect | L | 1960s | | Additions to Royal College (cost £2.5m) - probably the extension scheme mentioned in the Builder (see below). |  | Peter Lamont Burnside Borthwick | Architect | L | 1960s | | Additions to Royal College (cost £2.5m) - probably the extension scheme mentioned in the Builder (see below). |  | Thomas Cordiner, Cunningham & Partners | | L | 1960s | | Additions to Royal College (cost £2.5m) - probably the extension scheme mentioned in the Builder (see below). |  | Thomas Ogilvie Maclean Cordiner | | L | 1960s | | Additions to Royal College (cost £2.5m) - probably the extension scheme mentioned in the Builder (see below). |  | Alex Colman Group | | | 1961 | | |  | Alexander Scott | | M | 1965 | | Additions |  | D Harvey & A Scott | Architectural practice | M | 1965 | | Additions? |  | David Harvey | Architect | M | 1965 | | Aditions |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College: Special Committee on New Buildings | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | 1905 | | part 1 | | Thomson & Sandilands entry |  | Butt, J | 1996 | John Anderson's Legacy | | | |  | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | p312 |  | Mays, D C, Moss, M S & Oglethorpe, M K (Eds) | 2000 | Visions of Scotland's Past: Looking to the Future | | East Linton: Tuckwell Press | D M Walker, 'Designing the Royal College, Glasgow', pp97-121; NB subsequent research has revealed more accurate dates for the Clarke, Bell & Bryden practice history (included in this database) |  | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |  | Richardson, G P | 1974 | A Decade of Progress 1964-74 | | | |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1902 | | | | 556 (Watson & Mitchell design) |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1905 | | | | 433 (Thomson & Sandilands design) |  | The Modern Building Record | 1912 | The Modern Building Record | Volume 3 | London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co | p108 |  | Walker, D | 2000 | Designing the Royal College | | Mays, D C, Moss, M S and Oglethorpe, M K (eds): Visions of Scotland's past, pp97-121 | |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p149 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect and Building News | 1938 | Jul-Dec | | p168 |  | British Architect | 11 October 1901 | | | p256 and illustration of design submitted by James Salmon & Son |  | Builder | 29 June 1901 | | | p632 |  | Builder | 20 January 1950 | | | p119 |  | Builder | 17 July 1953 | | | p121 |  | Builder | 30 April 1954 | | | p786 |  | Builder | 24 April 1959 | | | 'Glasgow College Extension' p795 |  | Builder | 13 January 1961 | | | 'Glasgow Developments' p82 |  | Builder | 24 February 1961 | | | p384 |  | Builder | 14 December 1962 | | | p1204 |  | Builder | 16 February 1962 | | | p375 |  | RIBA Journal | April 1958 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Colin Sinclair (working on this as assistant to David Barclay) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | | University of Strathclyde Archives | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32708 | |  | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | | GC 052 BAI (reproduced on www.theglasgowstory.com) |  | NMRS | A Buchanan Campbell Collection | BUC 1950/2/1 | |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Begg Campbell: L v23 no1875; Colin Sinclair: L v1 no54 (microfilm reel 29) |
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