King's Buildings
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Foundation
The site for the King's Buildings, (115 acres) was purchased in 1919 on the south side of the City specifically for the university's scientific laboratories which were outgrowing their Old College homes at South Bridge.
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 Chemistry building was opened officially four years later although the first classes were held there in 1922.
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