Basic Site Details Name: | Royal College of Science and Technology, James Weir Engineering Building | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost (with Student Union building): £420,000. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Strathclyde University, James Weir Engineering Building | Yes | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Cathedral Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1949 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | | | 1957 | 1958 | Build/construction | | | 10 March 1959 | | Scheme accepted | 'Glasgow Corporation Planning Committee approved in principle...extension to the recently completed engineering building' per Builder 27 March 1959 p620 | | 1960 | 1964 | Build/construction | Additional 6-storey slab facing Cathedral Street | | 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 | Glasgow Corp approved 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; estimated completion by 1964/1965 per Builder p384 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p603 | | 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 | | Builder | 27 March 1959 | | | 'Technical College Extensions' p620 | | Builder | 24 April 1959 | | | 'Glasgow College Extension' p795 | | Builder | 13 January 1961 | | | 'Glasgow Developments' p82 | | Builder | 24 February 1961 | | | p384 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of David J Leslie | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent April 2010 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Jardine: F no5623 (combined box 91) |
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