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 | | A | (?) | 1974 | Partner-in-charge | | Ove Arup & Partners | | A | 1955 | 1974 | | | Robert Hogg Matthew | | A | 1955 | 1974 | | | Thomas ('Tom') Ridley | | A | 1955 | 1974 | led the Arup team | | Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (RMJM) | | A | 1956 | 1961 | Begun prior to partnership, continued under subsequent practice title | | Harold Alan Wightman | | A | 1958 | 1974 | Architect in charge | | Michael John Boucicault de Suffield Calthrop | | A | 1958 | | Worked as reseacher for Sir Robert Matthew on Ninewells project. | | Stewart Charles Clark | | A | 1959 | 1974 | As site architect for RMJM | | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | | A | 1961 | 1974 | | | Graham Dickson | | A | 1964 | | working under Harold Alan Wightman at RMJM | | Crudens Ltd | | | 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 | | | 4 September 1964 * | | Plumbing contract for sanitary engineering section | | John Deacon Richards | | 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 | | 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 | | A | 1966 | | As assistant worked on Concourse Block | | Ingolfur Helgason | | A | After 1969 | Before 1972 | As assistant for RMJM, working on the research laboratories | | James Richard Latimer | | A | Mid 1960s | 1971(?) | working under Harold Wightman at RMJM | | Archibald James Campbell Clark | | B | 1970s | | Worked on Pharmacy building under Vernon Lee. | | Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall (RMJM) | | B | 1970s | | Pharmacy | | Vernon Harry Lee | | B | 1970s | | Partner in charge of Pharmacy building | | (Sir) Harry Anthony Wheeler (or simply Sir Anthony Wheeler) | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | | After 1975 | | Cancer wards and Surgical Skills Unit | | Keppie Architects (later Keppie Design) | | 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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