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Basic Site Details
Name
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Department of Zoology
Town, District or Village
Mayfield
Parish
City or County
Edinburgh
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Cost of laboratory £320,000
Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Faculty building
Not Known
University
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
Str Add classic
Address
Current Address
Notes
West Mains Road
Yes
Mayfield Road
Yes
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Build/construction
1927
1929
Design exhibited
1928
Addition
1968/4
Five-storey research laboratory by Architecture Research Unit
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People
Design and Construction
The 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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer
A
1927
Matthew mainly responsible
John Fraser Matthew
A
1927
1929
Mainly responsible
Lorimer & Matthew
A
1927
1929
Matthew mainly responsible
George Hay
A
1928
1929
As apprentice to Lorimer & Matthew
(Professor) Charles Calthorpe Robertson
B
Architect
1968/4
Laboratory for Department of Zoology - as Director of ARU
Edinburgh University Housing Research Unit (HRU) / Architecture Research Unit (ARU)
B
Architectural Department (New Towns etc)
1968/4
Laboratory for Department of Zoology - as Director of ARU
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Hussey, Christopher
1931
The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer KBE, ARA, RSA
London: Country Life
p89
RSA
1929
638
Royal Academy exhibitors
19288, no 1324
Savage, Peter
1980
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)
p178
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Builder
1929/05/31
CXXXVI
p990 - notes. pp997-999 (illustration, plan)
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
MSS 73/31 (Specification of electrical work). LOR E/105
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
44230
Professor Charles Robertson\'s CV
Information sent from Professor Charles Robertson to Yvonne Hillyard, October 2010
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