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Lecture Notes from Scottish Architect James Salmon

  • DC 055
  • Collection
  • c1909

Notebook containing lecture notes and a letter to James Salmon from Frances Newbery. Also includes several sheets of notes on loose paper.

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Salmon, James

Italian Sketchbook

This sketchbook consists of 81 pages of sketches made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh during his trip to Italy in 1891 funded by his Greek Thomson travelling scholarship prize money. The subjects he sketched are mainly architectural, with the one he felt to be most impressive being labelled 'A Caution'. Each sketch is labelled with the name of the city or town in which it was sketched. In 1890 Mackintosh won the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Travelling Scholarship with a design for a public hall, which enabled him to take an extensive tour abroad from February to July 1891. He left Glasgow for London on 21 March 1891, sailing from Tilbury on the Thames on 27 March and arriving in Naples on 5 April. He then visited Palermo in Sicily, Rome, Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Bologna, Ravenna, Ferrara, Venice, Padua, and Vicenza, arriving in Verona on 10 June 1891. The Sketchbook contains drawings from the later part of Mackintosh's tour, from 10th June, with sketches, mostly of architectural and sculptural details, beginning with Verona. It covers Verona (11-14 June); Mantua (14 June); Cremona (14-15 June); Brescia (16 June); Bergamo (17 June); Lecco (18 June); Cadenabbia and Lake Como (19-25 June); Como (26-27 June); Milan (28 June-6 July); Pavia (7 July-?); Certosa di Pavia (probably several days around 12 July); Paris and Chateau d'Ecouen (late July?); Antwerp (late July? - briefly visited on his return journey). It also contains several pages of designs for the Glasgow Art Club (1892-3) and the Glasgow Herald Building (1893-5). The drawings themselves are almost all pencil sketches, some of which are now quite faint.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Individual Buildings

Folder containing 50 black and white photographs of buildings of various sizes, taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. All buildings featured are in Glasgow except one of a pub in London which dates from 1948. Also contains 2 photocopies of a line drawing by Thomas Williams depicting a busy cityscene beside a river. Photographs include: Templeton's Carpet Factory, Hampden Park, Glasgow Cathedral, St Enoch Station and Bute Hall.

Oliver, George

Housing design/Project 1: Third floor plan, and Fourth floor plan

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including the third floor plan and fourth floor plan in scale 1:100. It shows the design of the third floor plan indicating the functional spaces for three flats. Each flat has: 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living & dining room, 2 bathrooms, storage, and balcony. The areas of these flats are smaller than the second floor. It also shows the design of the fourth floor plan which has three flats with the same number of spaces but with areas that are smaller than the third floor flats.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: South elevation, and Isometric

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including south elevation in scale 1:200, and an isometric in scale 1:100. the design of the south elevation presents the main building mass, height, and external materials. These drawings have no indication of the types of materials used, however it gives the outline of the main design concept. It also shows how the building fits with the surroundings landscape. The isometric shows the building in its three dimensional view representing the final shape of the building.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: Site plan

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of the Housing/Project 1 including the site plan in scale 1:200. It shows how the new building fits within the urban site of the selected location. This drawing has no indication to the names of the streets nor the existing buildings, therefore the location is unknown. North sign has been added to the drawing. The new building has been highlighted with hatched lines in grey colour.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: North elevation, and Long section

Architectural drawings on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including north elevation in scale 1:200, and long section in scale 1:100. The north elevation shows the design of the main building mass, height, and external materials. The long section shows the floors' main structural elements: floors, slabs, and staircase. These drawings have no indication of the types of materials used.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: Ground floor plan, and Basement floor plan

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including ground floor plan and basement floor plan in scale 1:100. It shows the design of the ground plan indicating the functional spaces of the caretaker's flat and other spaces for communal purposes. It also includes the design of the landscape within the site, the outdoor spaces, trees, outdoor patio shades, and steps.
It also shows the design of basement floor plan indicates parking and plant presenting the layout of the car parking and its main entrance, staircase and lift, but without any indication to the design details.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: First floor plan, and Second floor plan

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including the first floor plan and second floor plan in scale 1:100. It shows the design of the first plan indicating the functional spaces for three flats. Each flat has: 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living & dining room, 2 bathrooms, storage, and balcony. It also shows the design of the second floor plan which has three flats with the same number of spaces but with areas that are smaller than the first floor flats.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: Fifth floor plan, and Sixth floor plan

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including the fifth floor plan and sixth floor plan in scale 1:100, showing the design of the penthouse flat, indicating its functional spaces divided into two levels. The fifth floor shows the first level of the penthouse including one bedroom with other facilities. The second level based on the the sixth floor including one bedroom with facilities but is larger in area than the first level on the floor below. The penthouse is located at the central point of the floors' plans and raised in the building height leaving the right and left wings of the building lower than the centre.

Platt, Christopher

Housing design/Project 1: East elevation, and Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to the design of Project 1 including east elevation in scale 1:200, and cross section in scale 1:100. It shows the design of the east elevation, its main building mass, height, and external materials. The cross section shows the floors' main structural elements: floors, slabs, and staircase. These drawings have no indication of the types of materials used nor height dimensions, however it gives the outline of the main design concept. It also represents how the building fits with the surrounding landscape.

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

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

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: 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

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