Difference between revisions of "King's Buildings"
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
== Foundation == | == Foundation == | ||
| − | + | In the immediate aftrmath of the [[First World War]], (919) the site for the King's Buildings, (115 acres) was purchased on the south side of the City specifically for the university's scientific laboratories which were outgrowing the accomodation they had in and around [[Old College]] and [[George Square]]. | |
| − | The foundation stone was formally laid by King George V in 1920. In his sppech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man". | + | The foundation stone was formally laid by King George V in 1920. In his sppech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man". |
== Buildings and Subject Areas == | == Buildings and Subject Areas == | ||
Revision as of 23:25, 15 June 2014
Foundation
In the immediate aftrmath of the First World War, (919) the site for the King's Buildings, (115 acres) was purchased on the south side of the City specifically for the university's scientific laboratories which were outgrowing the accomodation they had in and around Old College and George Square.
The foundation stone was formally laid by King George V in 1920. In his sppech he referred to "a world devastated by the ravages of war" and that, "we pin our faith upon the possibilities emerging from the progressive application of science to the service of man".
Buildings and Subject Areas
The Chemistry building (now the Joseph Black Building) - was opened officially four years later although the first classes were held there in 1922. This building was also home to Animal Genetics, from 1924 until its own building (now the Crew Building) opened in 1930.
Current Buildings
- Alexander Graham Bell Building
- Alrick Building
- Ann Walker Building
- Ashworth Laboratories
- British Geological Survey
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions
- Chemistry Library
- Computing Services
- Crew Building
- Daniel Rutherford Building
- Darwin Building Teaching Organisation
- Engineering Lecture Theatre
- Fleeming Jenkin Building
- Grant Institute
- Hudson Beare Building
- James Clerk Maxwell Building
- John Muir Building
- John Murray Labs
- Joseph Black Building
- Kenneth Denbigh Building
- King's Buildings Centre
- King's Buildings House
- March Building
- Michael Swann Building
- Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library
- Ogston Building
- Peter Wilson Building
- Robertson Engineering & Science Library
- Roger Land Building
- Sanderson Building
- Scottish Microelectronics Centre
- Structures Lab
- Student Accommodation
- Waddington Building
- Weir Building
- William Dudgeon Labs
- William Rankine Building