Architecture

PC2, Box 277, Folder 15
File
1898

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Architectural drawing for an unidentified commercial building. The dimensions of the windows are annotated, and the words: "cornice stone" are written at the lower edge of the roof

Building plan

PC2, Box 277, Folder 14
File
1898

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Architectural drawing for a large public building. Inscribed: "No.11 Front Elevation Scale 10 feet to an inch"

Campus planning study : Nova scotia Technical College / by Safei Hamed Architecture Plus

UA-10, Box 4, Folder 11
Item
1979

Part of Technical University of Nova Scotia fonds

Item consists of the final report of Safei Hamed, covering Architecture Plus's work on the campus planning study that was authorized on 31 July 1978.

Campus site plans

Subseries
1911 - 1977

Part of Facilities Management

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design and layout of the Studley and Carleton Campuses. Records include topographical maps and layouts.

Celtic Drive flats

MS-2-835, OS Folder 1
File
2004

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains five presentation drawings mounted on foam core for a two-unit set of flats on Celtic Drive, Dartmouth. Drawings include elevations, site plan, main and upper floor plans.

Central Services parkade drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 37
File
1998 ; 2003

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three sets of drawings for the Central Services parkade produced by Chebucto Engineering Limited Consulting Engineers, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and Rendan Fabricators.

Chapel for Dalhousie

MS-2-835, OS Folder 5
File
[196-]

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains three presentation drawings by Drew Sperry, probably as a part of his BA Architecture program at the Nova Scotia Technical College. Drawings include elevations; floor plans; sections; and a site plan. The chapel was designed to sit between Shirreff Hall and the National Research Council building on Oxford Street.

Conceptual drawing of an aerial view of the proposed Killam Library on Dalhousie University's Studley Campus

UA-23, OS Folder 3
Item
1966

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is an aerial-view drawing of the proposed Killam Library building on the Studley Campus, dated 1966 and signed by the artist (signature indecipherable).

Conceptual drawing of the Killam Library courtyard

UA-23, OS Folder 14
Item
[1968?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is an undated conceptual drawing of the Killam Library courtyard, hand-coloured and mounted on a presentation board with red tape.

Conceptual drawing of the proposed Kipling Room in the Killam Memorial Library building

UA-23, OS Folder 11
Item
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a conceptual drawing of the Kipling Room as designed for the Killam Library. The Kipling Room ended up remaining in the O.E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library; it is possible that this design was used instead for the Morse Room, which was located behind the MacMechan Auditorium.

Conceptual drawing of the south west elevation of the Killam Library building

UA-23, OS Folder 16
Item
[1968?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a conceptual drawing of the proposed Killam Library building mounted on board with red tape. The drawing is undated and marked as Job No 280.

Conceptual drawings of Killam Library interiors

UA-23, OS Folder 17
File
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 14 hand-drawn and coloured design sketches of rooms or areas in the Killam Library, including: main lobby, south; main lobby, north; entrance lobby; circulation desk; corridor; auditorium; exhibition area; special collections; study carrel; administration area; reserve reading area; lounge; staff dining room; and staff lounge. Fabric, wallpaper, carpet and other textile swatches are adhered to the presentation board.

Construction blueprints for Dalhousie University's Medical Sciences Building and the Public Health Clinic

UA-9, OS Folder 27
File
1921 - 1922

Part of Facilities Management

File contains blueprints of plans for both the Medical School and the Public Health Clinic, including: furnishings detail plans; heating layout floor plans; early sketches; and construction drawings.

Construction drawings for Dalhousie Arts Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item , Item 9
File
1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an incomplete set of ink on waxed-linen construction drawings for Dalhousie University's arts building, which was designed by Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling and built in 1921 on Studley Campus. Sheet no. 5 is missing, but is extant in a set of blueprints located in Box 1, Folder 7. Sheet no. 4 is a version in pencil on tissue. Most of the drawings were made by A.M.K., traced by P.K.A., and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew Cobb).

Construction drawings for Dalhousie University's Medical Sciences Laboratory

UA-9, OS Folder 23
File
1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of construction drawings by architect Andrew R. Cobb for the Medical Science Laboratory, known as the Medical Science Building, which originally housed the departments of physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and hygiene. Eventually it became home to School of Pharmacy and was renamed the Burbidge Building. The drawings are labelled Job No. K. 147, Sheet Nos. 1-20, and were drawn and traced by P.K.A. and C.W. Drawing types include a foundation plan, elevations, sections, gas, air, electrical and wiring plans. Framing and footing plans were created in partnership with Pickings & Roland, Engineers. There is also an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester. Included in the file is an original excavation plan dated August 25, 1921 and a front elevation labelled Dalhousie Medical School.

'D' Building fourth floor plan drawing

UA-9, OS Folder 49
Item
September 24, 1985

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a drawing of the fourth floor of the "D" Building at the Technical University of Nova Scotia.

Dalhousie : the alumni magazine, vol. 20, no. 2 / fall 2003

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 5, item 1
Item
2003

Part of Dal Magazine

Item is a copy of Dalhousie: The Alumni Magazine (Vol. 20, No. 2), the official periodical of the Dalhousie Alumni Association, published three times a year. The issue features stories about architecture students from Botswana; Thomas Mason (BA '86) and the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and guitarists Dale Kavanagh (BMus. '84) and Douglas Reach (BMus. '76).

Dalhousie Arts

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 16
Item
April 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a sheet with drawings by Andrew Cobb of the west and east elevations of an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built.

Dalhousie Arts Building

Subseries
1920 - 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to an arts building at Dalhousie, which the administration called the Law (Temporarily Arts) Building. It was occupied by arts faculty until 1952, when it did briefly house the law school; in 1967 it became the Faculty Club, which is now known as the University Club. The third building on Studley Campus, it was a part of the original campus plan drawn up by Toronto architect Frank Darling in collaboration with Halifax-based architect Andrew R. Cobb and Dalhousie's governors. The subseries also includes drawings for a later building planned as an Arts Building, which was never constructed.

Dalhousie Arts Building construction details

UA-9, OS Folder 5
File
1920 - 1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains blueprint drawings of construction details, including window details; beam reinforcement; trusses; full-scale exterior masonry details; and the lettering for the cornerstone.

Dalhousie College — proposed new library

UA-9, OS Folder 66
File
1904

Part of Facilities Management

File contains five unsigned drawings for a proposed new library for Dalhousie College, dated almost a decade before the purchase of Studley. Drawings include a front elevation and ground floor plan in ink on waxed linen, and a less detailed front elevation, as well as floor plans for the basement, first and ground floors, in ink on paper.

Dalhousie Economics Department corridor link and renovations drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 39
File
1987

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor plans, sections and elevations for the corridor link between and renovations to the houses at 6206, 6214 and 6220 University Avenue.

Dalhousie Medical School architectural plans

UA-9, OS Folder 8
File
1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings by Andrew Cobb for a proposed medical school building: two sets of basement, first and second floor plans; and single drawings of the front, end and rear elevations; cross and longitudinal sections; and a proposed layout for a physiology dark theatre.

Dalhousie storage facility drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 47
File
1991-1998

Part of Facilities Management

File contains four sets of drawings produced by Chebucto Engineering, Donald T. Matheson Engineering, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and W. Roberts Engineering. Drawings include site plans, sections, electrical and floor plans.

Dalhousie University : land and building program, 1951-1977

UA-9, OS Folder 52
Item
[ca. 1978]

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a basic site map of Dalhousie University drawn in ink on paper, wth overlay drawings on acetate showing building development from 1951 - 1977.

Dalhousie University : proposed road from Oxford Street to Oval Road in rear of Shirreff Hall

UA-9, Oversize Folder 19, Item 4
Item
April 11, 1922

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan showing a proposed road located behind Shirreff Hall on Studley campus, connecting Oxford Street and Oval Road.

Dalhousie University : suggested layout

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 5
Item
May 23, 1912

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a blueprint of a site plan drawn by T.H. Mawson & Sons (London, Lancaster and Toronto), showing a potential layout of future campus buildings and grounds. On the reverse President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie has written: "Mawson's modification of my plan / ASM."

Dalhousie University Architecture and Planning newsletter

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 40, Item 1
Item
2002

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the Summer 2002 newsletter of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, which includes a construction announcement; faculty profiles of Frank Palermo and Richard Kroeker; and alumni profiles of Beaton Sheppard (BArch 68) and Jill Bambury (BArch 82).

Dalhousie University Architecture and Planning newsletter

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 40, Item 2
Item
2002

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the Winter 2002 newsletter of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, which includes an announcement of their new name; faculty profiles of Professors Grant Wanzel, Niall Savage, and Jill Grant; a profile of Koski, Solomon & Ruthven (KSR) Architects; an alumni profile of Barry Johns (BArch 72); and an invitation to recruit.

Dalhousie University Faculty of Architecture newsletter

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 14
Item
2000

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the Winter 2000 issue, which features announcements of the Faculty's accreditation; a $2 million refurbishment campaign; and faculty and student events, publications and accomplishments.

Dalhousie University grounds and buildings : erected and proposed

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1928]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is map drawn by H.R. Theakston, University Engineer, showing Dalhousie and other associated buildings on and near both Studley Campus and Carleton Campus. The drawing includes a key indicating the names of both existing and proposed buildings.

Dalhousie University's Medical Science Building

Subseries

Part of Facilities Management

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to the Medical Science Building (renamed the Burbidge Building in 1970), designed by Halifax architect Andrew Randall Cobb and built between 1922-and 1924. Cobb's plans allowed for a third floor addition, which was built in 1978.

Deconstruction and refurbishing plans for the Forrest Building

UA-9, OS Folder 53
File
1982-1984

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings from the refurbishment of the Forrest Building at Dalhousie University, including deconstruction plans. The drawings were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd. The file includes a page of set ID arrangement details.

Dental Building expansion design drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 36
File
1980

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of design drawings produced by Dumaresque & Byrne for an expansion to Dalhousie's Dental Building that was not constructed.

Draft floor plan for the Macdonald Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unsigned sketch (likely by President Arthur MacKenzie) for the Macdonald Library that indicates two lecture rooms, a faculty room, offices for the president, bursar and secretary, and coat and toilet facilities for faculty.

Draft floor plans for the Macdonald Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 8
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unsigned sketch, likely drawn by President Arthur MacKenzie, of first and second floor plans for the Macdonald Library, indicating stack rooms and undefined extensions to the rear of the building as well as the front.

Drawing of the stucco detail at Province House

MS-2-82, Box 43, Folder 30
Item
[1922?]

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Drawing of a medical school campus

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 2
Item
[191-?]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a sketch of an aerial plan for a proposed medical school, presumably at Dalhousie University.

Drawing of fireplace panel detail in Province House

MS-2-82, Box 43, Folder 32, Item 1
Item
1922

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is a drawing of a fireplace panel at Province House.

Drawing of the architectural features of Province House

MS-2-82, Box 43, Folder 33
Item
1922

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is a drawing of a gable at Province House.

Drawing of the east elevation of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 10
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the east elevation of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University.

Drawing of the exterior of the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 3, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1971]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a copy of a drawing or etching of the Killam Memorial Library. The drawing is mounted on a piece of card.

Drawing of the layout of a typical research floor in the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 3
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of a typical research floor or upper floor in the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University.

Drawing of the layout of a typical teaching floor in the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of a typical teaching floor in the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University.

Drawing of the layout of the basement of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 6
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the basement of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.

Drawing of the layout of the first floor of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 5
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the first floor of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing includes landscaping, pathways, and other exterior features. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.

Drawing of the layout of the second floor of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the second floor of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.

Drawing of the layout of the sub-basement of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building

PC1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 7
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the sub-basement of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.