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Architectural drawing on tracing paper of long section in scale 1:100 and two other details section in scale 1:20 showing the design of a sports council headquarters building in its final design stage. The long section shows the structural system of the new building and its connection to the existing sport hall. The floor heights with their main construction elements show the names of each functional spaces. The two other sections are more in detail indicating the materials used for floor slabs, ceilings and walls.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper of a long section in scale 1:100 showing the design of a sports council headquarters building in its final design stage. This drawing seems to be the first draft of the long section (ref: DC 121/5/3/7). It isn't a copy, but maybe the first attempt from the architect to study the design of the building in its cross vertical section.

Architectural drawing on a large rolled tracing paper including site plan, cross section, axonometric, and hinged elevational projection. The site plan is 1:500 showing the location of the new building and its position on the corner of the site. The cross section is in scale 1:100 showing the main functions for each floor and their connections to the outdoors through opened balconies. It also shows the main structural system. There are some spaces with double volume and looking down to the floor below. This large rolled sheet also includes a hinged elevational projection in scale 1:100, which is drawn as a panorama presenting the new building elevation and its position in the point of the existing buildings on Clyde Street and Bridgegate Street. It shows the contrast between the design traditional style of the existing building with their rich architectural details against the modern style design of the new building.

Architectural drawing of the ground floor plan on tracing paper in scale 1:100 with free hand sketches in scale 1:200, showing the design of a sports council headquarters building in its final design stage. The ground floor consists of: sporting exhibition audio and visual displays, cafeteria, main entrance with vertical circulation, sports hall, and other services.

Architectural drawing of the fourth floor and basement plans on tracing paper in scale 1:100 showing the design of a sports council headquarters building in its final design stage. The fourth floor consists of: caretakers flat, terrace, vertical circulation, plant room, and other services. The basement plan consists of: printing section, press offices, vertical circulation, plant room, and other services.

Architectural drawing of the first floor plan on tracing paper in scale of 1:100 showing the design of a sports council headquarters building in its final design stage. The first floor consists of: sport council H.Q. administration, the vertical circulation, the void of the sports hall, and other services.

Studio design report related to a project to design a sports council headquarters. It is in a comb binding form, handwritten, and including information about design criteria like: zoning, structure, circulation and other strategic design criteria. It consists of 29 pages, some with free hand sketches.

Free hand sketches on tracing paper showing the sports council headquarters building in its conceptual stage. The drawings are in scale 1:200 and show diagrams of:

• site response: includes 3 main site influences regarding the busy corner, heavy traffic, and the design of the new building to be part of the existing traditional buildings,
• access and circulation: two main vertical circulation zones with two fire escapes,
• structure: thick external wall to act as a buffer against noise and exhaust, cylinder circulation tower at the corner strong box structure of concrete plates for service wing, and the connection between the columns, slabs and beams,
• services: described as: "services originate from plant room in the basement directly beneath service wing feeding off at each floor (on either side of wing where necessary) and terminating at tank room".

Material related to the design of a sports council headquarters at Glasgow City Centre, including site analysis, conceptual diagrams, floor plans, sections, and large rolled sheet.

Free hand sketches of space requirements showing the furniture dimensions and the space around them to meet the movement and functional standard.

Essay submitted as part of sociology course with 11 typewritten pages (no binding). This paper is a comparison of tenements and terraces in the West End of Glasgow. The aim is to study if there are any similarities rather than differences in their architectural design. It includes some photos and free hand sketches.
This study concluded that the terraces often had the similar façade design (neo-classical style) and the only difference occurred with the use of trees and landscape factor.

Essay submitted as part of sociology course in the form of comb binding with 15 handwritten pages. This paper studied the social life of people in the industrial era in the 19th and early 20th century from cities and towns across Britain. It addresses the development of both urban and suburban design associated with the style of massive house buildings programme that accommodates immigrant factory employees.

Material related to an essay submitted as part of sociology course in the form of comb binding with 15 handwritten pages. This paper studied the social life of people in the industrial era in the 19th and early 20th century from some of cities and towns across Britain. It addresses the development of both urban and suburban design associated with the style of massive house building programmes that accommodated immigrant factory employees.

Sketchbook created throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture covering different buildings, locations, and landscape.

Sketchbook containing free-hand sketches created throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture covering different buildings, locations, and landscape. These drawings show architectural details from indoor and outdoor views as self-observation undertaken by the student.

The presentation sheet includes photos of some main features of the library such: pendant cluster of pierced metal lampshades, the construction of the coffered ceiling pillars and balusters. Photos' references are unknown.

The presentation sheet includes photos of some wrought iron features with descriptions about the functional and aesthetics values of using such features as they were attached to the windows, above the main entrance, and balcony railings. Photos' references are unknown.

Presentation sheet including copies of floor plan drawings and a photo of the east staircase at first-floor level. No references included.

West elevation: drawn from a contract drawing of 1907 re-design of the original 1896 and altered by architect amending doorway, architrave, and corbels.
East elevation: drawing shows the building as built originally planned except for slight modifications.

The Glasgow School of Art south elevation drawn as it was in 1910, without any written information about the architect, the history of the building.

The Glasgow School of Art north elevation as it drawn as it was in 1910, without any written information about the architect, the history of the building.

Scrapbook containing material collected throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture. Contents include different articles, photos, and subjects from different magazines and other sources.

Loose material grouped together under the title "Scopebook", including material relating to several buildings from different places and date periods. Some are related to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Scrapbook featuring material collected throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture including different articles, photos, and subjects from different magazines, like: The New York Times Magazine, Observer Magazine, The Sunday Times, Telegraph Sunday Magazine, and other resources. It also includes some free-hand sketches.

Free hand sketch showing some architectural details of Royal Exchange Square and describing the public circulation as:

• Arch much grander and seemingly larger than other side,
• View through Arch very exciting due to different colours of stones, some are greenery,
• Buildings facing definite traffic route visible (Buchanan St.) where people are seen walking one way and the other unlike on this side of Arch where several roads meet and there is random movement.

Tracing paper showing the final proposed plan of the study bedroom and its axonometric view that meets all the required design criteria.

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing proposals for approaches to the University front entrances and addresses as drawing No.1. Although there is no reference number on this sheet, it seems like it has the same reference as the previous item. It shows the axis of main building complex.

Material created for Project 5, First Year which relates to the design of a study bedroom including the analysis sheets of the required data for the heating, lighting, and ventilation and the technical information for the functions: writing, reading, sketching, watching TV, listening to radio, entertaining, sleeping, and washing. In addition, the project includes the tracing papers for all the design criteria and space requirements.

Materials related to project 6 to design St. Ninian's episcopal church at Isle of Whithorn includes:

• location plan, scale 1:2500
• plan, roof plan, sections AA, BB, CC, and DD, all in scale 1:100.

These architectural drawings are on cartridge paper show designs for a small project using vernacular construction methods and materials in a new way. The architect's idea is to use stone material to build thick walls with curved corners supporting a wood panelled roof which gives a design a sense of harmony with the surrounding landscape.

Materials related to project 6 to design St. Ninian's episcopal church at Isle of Whithorn includes:

• location plan, scale 1:2500
• plan, roof plan, sections AA, BB, CC, and DD, all in scale 1:100.

The architectural drawings on cartridge paper show designs for a small project using vernacular construction methods and materials in a new way. The architect's idea is to use stone material to build thick walls with curved corners and support a wood panel roof which gives a sense of harmony with the surrounding landscape.

Material created for Project 4, First Year which relates to the analysis of selected objects, a new idea for uninhabited building, photograph analysis.

Material created for Project 3, First Year which relates to the history and design of The Glasgow School of Art building. Six Drawing and presentation sheets of architectural floor plans, elevations, and details.

Free hand drawing related to the site analysis for project 2 Evergreen Club showing the elevation to Marborough Avenue indicating the types of trees and grass, and the types of materials of the surrounding buildings and their heights.

Free hand drawing related to the site analysis for project 2 Evergreen Club showing the elevation to Rowallan Lane and church indicating the types of trees and grass, the types of materials of the surrounding buildings and their heights, and path slopes to give drainage.

Free hand drawing related to the site analysis for project 2 Evergreen Club showing the elevation to Naseby Avenue and tenements indicating the types of trees and grass, and the types of materials of the surrounding buildings and their heights.

Free hand drawing on tracing paper showing the site plan for project 2 Evergreen Club identifying the natural environmental factors (sun path/during one day), with the north arrow to indicate wind direction, the names of the main roads surrounding the site, the types of trees and grass, infrastructure, and the types of materials within the site.

Free hand drawing showing the site plan for project 2 Evergreen Club identifying the two main points to enter the site, the main roads surrounding the site, and trees and grass.

Material created for Project 2, First Year which relates to the study of the historical buildings, in particular the Greek Temple.

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting detail of the aluminium stands in scale of 1:2 showing the method of bolting the panes of glass to aluminium T-beam sections.

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting the elevation of the exhibition stand project in scale of 1:20.

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting section across the floors of the exhibition stand project in scale of 1:20, including the details of the construction structure and martials used, furniture, and figures. The total height of the building is 9.3 m.

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting the second floor plan of the exhibition stand project in scale of 1:20, including the description:
"2nd is the office and interview floor, where anyone requesting further information or wanting to purchase anything can come and talk to the representatives of the various firms."

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting the first floor plan of the exhibition stand project in scale of 1:20, including the description:
"1st floor comprises aluminium drums of various sizes displaying small products, e.g. pots and pans, and small industrial ware."

Architectural drawing on a tracing paper presenting the ground floor plan of the exhibition stand project in scale of 1:20, on an area of (6 x 4 m) including the description:
" Ground floor comprises charts and maps around the walls depicting how aluminium is manufactured from bauxite and also pictures of very large products. There is also an area for displaying large products (window sections, etc) and in the centre of the floor is a model of an aeroplane with information showing which parts are made from aluminium."

Material created for Project 1, First Year including Site Analysis and buildings' facades for selected locations, one from global and the other from Glasgow Area. 6 Drawing sheets of architectural elements and details.

Posters relating to a variety of events and subjects.

Coloured poster on a black background representing events from drama society, The Glasgow School of Art, from 25th to 28th February (mentioned with no year). Location is: Bourdon Assembly Hall, Renfrew Street. The productions are:

• The Wedding (Bertholt Brecht),
• The Bear (Anton Chekhov),
• Edward & Agrippina (Rene de Obaldia),
• The Stronger (August Strindberg).

A tracing paper showing the plan and elevations of the proposed study bedroom at Mc Alpine Studio, Hill Street, Glasgow.

A4 and A5 papers showing the required data for the all suggested activities inside the study bedroom including the environmental factors, and the space criteria.