Basic Site Details Name: | Ninewells Hospital and Medical School | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Structural Engineers Ove Arup & Partners, QS W J R Christie & Partners, main contractor Crudnes (Musselburgh) Ltd
Cost £11,750,000 | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1955 | | Contract offered | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners appointed as architects. |  | 1961 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | |  | 12 May 1961 | | Scheme accepted | Government has approved ₤20m hospital building programme involving replacement of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Dundee Royal Infirmary and replacement of Western Infirmary, Glasgow to provide an additional 110 beds p927 |  | 1964 | 1974 | Build/construction | Builder (28/08/64, p454) notes that site work has begun |  | 28 August 1964 * | | Contract offered | £100,000 contract awarded to James Thow Ltd, the largest glazing contract ever placed in Scotland |  | 4 September 1964 * | | Contract offered | £500,000 contract awarded to Alexander Macdougall & Co (Engineers) Ltd, for sanitary engineering section |  | 1970s | | Alterations and additions | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | 1974 | | Completion | |  | 1974 | | Won award or awards | Received a Concrete Society Award |  | January 1975 | | Opened | By HM the Queen Mother |  | 1995 | 1999 | Addition | Extension of concourse block |
* 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 |  | A Pilcher | | A | (?) | 1974 | Project architect |  | Thomas ('Tom') Riddell Spaven | Architect | A | (?) | 1974 | Partner-in-charge |  | Ove Arup & Partners | Engineer | A | 1955 | 1974 | |  | Robert Hogg Matthew | Architect | A | 1955 | 1974 | |  | Thomas ('Tom') Ridley | Engineer | A | 1955 | 1974 | led the Arup team |  | Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (RMJM) | Architectural practice | A | 1956 | 1961 | Begun prior to partnership, continued under subsequent practice title |  | Harold Alan Wightman | Architect | A | 1958 | 1974 | Architect in charge |  | Michael John Boucicault de Suffield Calthrop | Architect | A | 1958 | | Worked as reseacher for Sir Robert Matthew on Ninewells project. |  | Stewart Charles Clark | Architect | A | 1959 | 1974 | As site architect for RMJM |  | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | Architectural practice | A | 1961 | 1974 | |  | Graham Dickson | Architect, Town Planner | A | 1964 | | working under Harold Alan Wightman at RMJM |  | Crudens Ltd | Builder | | 28 August 1964 * | | Work has begun on £10.5m, 700-bed teaching hospital and medical school |  | James Thow Ltd | | | 28 August 1964 * | | Awarded contract for 1/4m sq. ft. of glass, and over 4,000 mirrors |  | Alexander Macdougall & Co (Engineers) Ltd | Engineer | | 4 September 1964 * | | Plumbing contract for sanitary engineering section |  | John Deacon Richards | Architect | A | 1964 or 1965 | | Initally in charge of design work, but not available to help enough, so it is unclear how significant his contribution was |  | Kenneth Edward Graham | Architect | A | 1964 or 1965 | | Initally in charge of working drawings, but not available to help enough, so it is unclear how significant his contribution was |  | Robert Watt Young Dobie | Architect | A | 1966 | | As assistant worked on Concourse Block |  | Ingolfur Helgason | Architect | A | After 1969 | Before 1972 | As assistant for RMJM, working on the research laboratories |  | James Richard Latimer | Architect | A | Mid 1960s | 1971(?) | working under Harold Wightman at RMJM |  | Archibald James Campbell Clark | Architect | B | 1970s | | Worked on Pharmacy building under Vernon Lee. |  | Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (RMJM) | Architectural practice | B | 1970s | | Pharmacy |  | Vernon Harry Lee | Architect | B | 1970s | | Partner in charge of Pharmacy building |  | (Sir) Harry Anthony Wheeler (or simply Sir Anthony Wheeler) | Architect | G | 1970s | | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | Andrew Glen Weir | Architect | G | 1970s | | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | Donald McInnes | Architect | G | 1970s | | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | Frank Sproson | Architect | G | 1970s(?) | | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | Wheeler & Sproson | Architectural practice | G | 1970s(?) | | Staff housing. In the RIBA Directory of 1975 this is given as 'nurses' quarters for SSHA'. Unclear if this is actually an error for ERHB or SERHB. |  | Richard Mercer Blaikie | Architect | | After 1975 | | Cancer wards and Surgical Skills Unit |  | Keppie Architects (later Keppie Design) | Architectural practice | H | 1995 | 1999 | Extension of concourse block |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Eastern Regional Hospital Board | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p187 |  | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p582 |  | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p28 |  | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | pp259-61,299-302 |  | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | p55 Aerial view from west (1989) p65 |  | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | RMJM | | RMJM Practice Brochure | | | |  | Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | | | p92-5 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architects Journal | 16 August 1982 | | | |  | Builder | 12 May 1961 | | | p927 |  | Builder | 28 August 1964 | | | p454 |  | RIAS Quarterly | 2010 | Spring | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | p.110: obituary of Mercer Blaikie |  | Scotsman | 25 February 2012 | | | p47: obituary of Tom Ridley |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of Frank Sproson | Correspondence with Yvonne Hillyard, 2011 | | |  | Courtesy of Graham Dickson | Interview of Graham Dickson by Kirsten McKee | | |  | Courtesy of Ingolfur Helgason | Interview of Ingolfur Helgason by Jessica Taylor, 20 January 2009 | | |  | Courtesy of James Latimer | Interview of James Latimer by Jessica Taylor, 5 March 2009 | | |  | Courtesy of Robert W Y Dobie | Information sent via 'Contact Us' on Dictionary website | | Sent February 2010 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F no6286 (Combined Box 130) |
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