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Glasgow

Folder containing 49 black and white photographs of various sizes. All are taken by George Oliver with the exception of one which has been taken by Flora Ritchie, the cousin of George's wife, Cordelia Oliver. This photograph depicts a street scene in Townhead, Glasgow, c1950s. The remaining photographs depict various street scenes in Glasgow from 1948-1980s, most of which have been annotated. The earliest photograph dates from 1948 and depicts traction engines pulling North British Loco. Co. engine along Sauchiehall Street en route for the docks. Other scenes include: the construction of the M8, Gorbals, Queen Street Station and trace horses on West Nile Street c1948.

Oliver, George

Glasgow Architecture

Folder containing 65 black and white photographs and 1 colour photograph of Glasgow's architecture, of various sizes, all taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: Trongate, Templeton's Carpet Factory, The Mackintosh Building, Merchant City, towers of Park Church and Trinity College, St Andrews Parish Church, Adelphi Street UCBS bakery, fish market Clyde Street and Charing Cross Mansions.

Oliver, George

Glasgow BIC Contacts

Folder containing 19 black and white contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: Pollok House, Exhibition Centre, various Glasgow street scenes, the Clyde environment, high-rise flats and tenements.

Oliver, George

Glasgow Misc.

Folder containing 85 black and white photographs depicting Glasgow city scenes of various sizes. All taken by George Oliver apart from two dated c1897. Includes images featuring the Barrowlands, the Gorbals (high-rise flats and tennements), St. Enoch Station and Hotel, West End, New Bedford Cinema, Ingram Street, and the Old Fruitmarket.

Oliver, George

Glasgow People and Children

A folder containing 62 black and white photographs of Glasgow people and children, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Mostly unidentified. Includes: general street scenes, the Gorbals, Hutchesontown, demolision of tenements, Barrowlands, Ibrox, Glasgow Green, shops, and the Old Fruitmarket. Also includes a leaflet for 'Swing Hammer Swing' Citizen's Company, May 1996.

Oliver, George

Glasgow School of Art: Architectural details

Free hand sketch showing the stonework and railings detail. "This detail is similar to one used in the Scotland Street School which helps to reduce the effects of the wall being a barrier between the building and the onlooker".

Platt, Christopher

Glasgow Streets Building, C. MO June 1993

Folder containing 68 black and white photographs taken by George Oliver, of various sizes and depicting Glasgow streets and buildings. Some have been annotated. Includes: Exhibition Centre, Gorbals, Necropolis, West End. "Moon 4.3.5/f8 AB/1"; "60/f8 AB1 Wj 50/f8 AB1 Simbey (?) 70/f8c"; "51/f5.6 Kantor 45/5.6" annotated on original packaging.

Oliver, George

Glasgow: The General Scene

Folder containing 68 black and white photographs of various sizes. Taken by George Oliver and depicting Glasgow cityscenes from 1948-1980s.  Most have been annotated. Also contains a programme for Glasgow Coliseum dating from 1924. Includes general scenes of Glasgow including: Merchant City, construction of new flats at Anderston, Charing Cross and high rise flats of the Gorbals.

Oliver, George

Glasgow Various

Folder containing 84 black and white photographs taken by George Oliver, of various sizes and depicting Glasgow city scenes from the 1950s-1980s. Some have been annotated. Images include: St Enoch Station, Glasgow Coliseum, Lesser Hampden, Gorbals tenements, Glasgow Central Mosque, Exhibition Centre and Pollokshields.

Oliver, George

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Circulation & fire escapes

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing three isometric plans of the circulation and fire escapes from the second to first down to the basement floor, in scale 1:500, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the second item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The fire escapes have been coloured with red to identify these from the other vertical circulations within the building. This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarge section, in scale 1:20, which has been presented with the lower part of the third item on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of a cross section, in scale 1:50, from the right hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the previous item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated, but the drawing is coloured.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing an enlarged cross section, in scale 1:20, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for: pitched roof construction, internal ceiling to main hall, flat roof construction, external walls, cavity blockwork, typical internal wall finish, upper floor - upper lounge, ground floor - circulation area under gallery, and ground floor - hall floor. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the third item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Entrance elevation

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of the entrance elevation, in scale 1:50, from the left hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the next item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details within the entrance elevation as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Roof structure, and warm air input & extract/structure

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing isometric section, in scale 1:20, of the roof structure of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for the central area of the hall's roof including the skylights. This sheet also shows the design of the heating system including the warm air input presented in red , and the extract air presenting in blue. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the fourth item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. Note: the roof structure comes with scale 1:100, the correct and actual scale shown in this drawing is 1:20.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Upper lounge & Gallery corner

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of an enlarged plan, in scale 1:50, from the upper lounge and gallery corner of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University, where the cross section in the previous item has been taken. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details of the structural elements and construction system. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.
This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarged section which will present the fifth item of the lower part on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Platt, Christopher

History essay

Material related to the writing of a history essay studying three Victorian buildings from Glasgow situated in the pedestrian precircuit area of Buchanan Street (No. 21-31, 106-112, and 123-129). It consists of 23 pages (with no binding) done in the form of hand writing with some photos and free hand sketches. The aim is to identify if there is any similarities among these buildings in terms of architectural façade styles and interior functional spaces.

Platt, Christopher

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