Architecture

Presentation board featuring two photographs of the Killam Library building models in present and future campus settings

UA-23, OS Box 17, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a presentation board with two black-and-white mounted photographs of 4B revision models of the Killam Library building set in the present (ca. 1968) campus setting and in a future campus setting, which features a cluster of conceptualized buildings.

Presentation drawings for a proposed arts building at Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 1
File
1929 - 1932

Part of Facilities Management

File contains presentation drawings created by Andrew Cobb for an arts building commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included a gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extensions to the Science Building and Shirreff Hall. The planned site for the building, which was cancelled due to financial restraints, was adjacent to the temporary arts building, which had been built in 1921 to house the law school. The drawings are all marked "282," which presumably was Cobb's job number for the project.

Presentation drawings for a proposed extension to the Science Building

UA-9, OS Folder 14
File
1932

Part of Facilities Management

File contains four copies of Andrew R. Cobb's drawings for an extension to the Science Building, which was commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included an Arts Building, gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extension to Shirreff Hall. The drawings includes basement, ground and second floor plans, and north and west elevations. One copy is in pencil on tissue, two copies are blueprint and one is an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester.

Press release announcing the completion of a play sculpture at George Dixon Centre

UA-10, Box 81, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
29 October 1970

Part of Technical University of Nova Scotia fonds

Item is a press release announcing the completion of a play structure designed and built by nine fifth-year architecture students at NSTC.

Print of architectural features at Province House and Government House

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

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is a print of the drawings of the fireplace and gable at Province House and the ship's bell at Government House. See MS-2-82, Box 43, Folder 33 and 34.

Proof sheet of photographs of the exterior of the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
[after 1971]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a proof sheet with six photographs of the exterior of the Killam Memorial Library. The photographs all show the side of the library with the entrance.

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library indicating activity zones or space usage

UA-23, OS Folder 2
File
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library with coloured and numbered acetate overlays indicating activity zones or space usage

UA-23, OS Folder 1
File
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of plans for the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of the Killam Library, mounted on presentation board with acetate overlays indicating space usages by reference to an unknown key-plan that includes numbers 1-11.

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library with coloured and numbered acetate overlays indicating different potential usage space

UA-23, OS Folder 18
File
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of plans for various floors of the Killam Library, mounted on presentation board with acetate overlays indicating space usages.

Proposed third floor plan for the Killam Library, showing seating and stack arrangements

UA-23, OS Folder 12
Item
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a plan showing a third floor layout of the Killam Library. The base plan includes the perimeter carrel seating and built-in seminar and office rooms; strips of paper illustrating the stack arrangement have been taped to this surface, and the plan is annotated by hand with the letters A, B, G and R.

Public Health Centre for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 16
File
December 1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of construction drawings by Andrew R. Cobb for Dalhousie's Public Health Centre. Labelled Job No. K144, Sheet Nos. 1-12, the drawings include a footings and drainage plan; floor plans; roof plan; wiring plans; and elevations. There is also a front elevation titled "Dalhousie Medical Clinic -- Completed Scheme."

Public Health Centre for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 18
File
December 1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester of construction drawings by Andrew R. Cobb for Dalhousie's Public Health Centre. Labelled Job No. K144, Sheet Nos. 1-13, the drawings include a footings and drainage plan; floor plans; roof plan; wiring plans; and elevations.

Public Health Clinic

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 and construction of the Public Health Clinic, variously called the Public Health Centre and the Dalhousie Medical Clinic. The building was designed by Halifax architect Andrew Randall Cobb, built between 1922 and 1924. and renamed the Clinical Research Centre ca. 1967.

Renovation and addition to Buildings A & B

UA-9, OS Folder 59
Item
August 1991

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a set of plans (including index), which contains civil, landscaping, architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical drawings for a renovation and addition to Buildings A & B at the Technical University of Nova Scotia.

Renovations and extensions to 6152 Coburg Road

UA-9, OS Folder 54
File
1967-1980

Part of Facilities Management

File contains copies of drawings for 6152 Coburg Road, including 1967-68 plans for renovations and extensions to the building when it served as the Nova Scotia College of Art, and 1980 renovation plans when the building was occupied by Dalhousie University School of Management. All three sets of drawings were produced by C.A. Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. File also contains a list of set ID arrangement details.

Renovations to Glengarry Apartments for student housing

UA-9, OS Folder 58
File
May 1976

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a plot plan, floor plans, elevations and sections.

Renovations to Studley Apartments

UA-9, OS Folder 56
File
1975

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor and site plans and elevations for a 1975 renovation to Dalhousie's Studley Apartments at 1452 Le Marchant Street. File includes set ID arrangement details.

Richard Ward fonds

MS-5-7
Fonds
1927-1928, 1932-1933, 1937

The fonds contains photographs of singers and musical groups, theatrical paraphernelia, and documents regarding the construction of Ward's home on Beaufort Avenue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as other printed material.

Ward, Richard, (fl.1888-1977)

Science Block floor plans

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three original floor plans (first, ground and basement) for a science block for Dalhousie University, by A.R. Cobb, architect, and F. Darling, consulting architect. "Proposals from Darling for a Science Building" is written at the top of the first floor plan. File also contains three sets of blueprints, marked A, B and C, which offer different layouts for the ground and first floors.

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 Science Building, now the Chemistry Building, the first building constructed on Studley Campus, started in 1912 and completed in 1915.

Science Building construction blueprints

UA-9, OS Folder 15
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises blueprints of Set A, No. 12, Andrew R. Cobb's architectural drawings for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included is a sheet of 3/4" scale details of furnishings.

Science Building construction drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 11
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises a complete set (Set A, No. 12) of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included in the folder is a schedule of equipment dated July 28, 1914.

Science Building construction drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 32
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises a set of electrostatic prints on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details.

Science Building furnishings

UA-9, OS Folder 13
File
1914

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of Andrew R. Cobb's drawings of furnishings details for the Science Building.

Science Building furnishings and exterior details drawings (copies)

UA-9, OS Folder 12
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an electrostatic print set (Set A, No. 12) reproduced on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's details of furnishings for the Science Building, dated July 28, 1914. There is also one page containing drawings of exterior details.

Second floor plan

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 7
Item
Jan. 1932

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the second floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes seven lecture rooms, a dean's office and five studies.

Second floor plan

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 6
Item
April 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the second floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a general office, business office, offices for the registrar, president and secretary, a vault, three lecture rooms, and five studies.

Second floor plan

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 18
Item
Nov 1929

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the second floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes five lecture rooms, seven studies and a faculty room.

Second floor plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 9
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the second floor plan of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Section drawing of planned Dalhousie arts building showing staircases

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 20
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unsigned drawing labelled "Dal Arts / 282" showing a cross section of staircases and including measurements for treads, and ceiling heights. It's part of a series of drawings made by Andrew Cobb for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built.

Section perspective at handball courts

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation board created by Drew Sperry showing a section perspective of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Section perspective looking north

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 16
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of a section perspective for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Sections at 16" scale : King's College Buildings / Andrew R. Cobb, Arch't

UA-9, OS Folder 10, Item 6
Item
June 12, 1928

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a blueprint with section drawings of the main building, dormitory, chapel and president's residence of the University of King's College.

Sexton Campus Building N renovation plans

UA-9, OS Folder 62
File
2002 - 2004

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings (J550) for phases 1 and 2 of the renovations to Building N (Biological Engineering).

Shirreff Hall women's residence extensions and alterations plans

UA-9, OS Folder 65
File
March 1962

Part of Facilities Management

File contains electrical and sprinkler plans and floor, trim and wall material and colour spreadsheets.

Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building floor plans

UA-9, OS Folder 60
File
1966

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor plans, some labelled in pen with use (e.g. Tower third floor: physiology-biophysics — teaching and department head).

Site plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the site plan for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Site plan for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 10
Item
[1912?]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan for Studley campus produced by Mackenzie & Howe, Landscape Architects and Artists. On the reverse is written: "Trial suggestion of ASM for laying-out of grounds and approved with slight changes (shown in red) by Darling and Mawson, and adopted." A.S.M. is Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, Dalhousie University president.

Site plan for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 22, Item 1
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan for Dalhousie's Studley campus that probably predates all actual construction.

Site plan for Dalhousie University : scheme D

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 12
Item
March 1912

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan labelled "Scheme D" for the layout of roads and buildings on Studley Campus. The drawing was produced by Darling & Pearson Architects of Toronto.

Site plan for Dalhousie University : scheme B

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 11
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan labelled "Scheme B" for the layout of roads and buildings on Studley Campus. Written on the reverse: "Darling's layout of grounds."

Site plan for Dalhousie University : scheme E

UA-9, OS Folder 19, Item 13
Item
March 1912

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a site plan labelled "Scheme E" for the layout of roads and buildings on Studley Campus. The drawing was produced by Darling & Pearson Architects of Toronto.

Site plan of the University of King's College

UA-9, OS Folder 10, Item 4
Item
[May 25?], 1928

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a blueprint of a site plan for the University of King's College, showing its placement in relation to Studley Campus.

Skeleton section

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 20
Item
1929

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a skeleton section drawing showing the staircases and room heights.

Sketches and plans for renovations to the President's residence

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1925

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of four blueprint floor plans for the President's residence at Dalhousie University drawn by H.R. Theakston, University Engineer, in July 1925. The second floor plan indicates furniture placement and the reverse of the third floor plan is covered with handwritten notes and measurements. The file also contains six sheets of floor plans drawn up by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was the first Dalhousie president to live in the house after its purchase by the university in 1925.

South elevation

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the south elevation of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

South elevation

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 15
Item
April 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a presentation drawing by Andrew Cobb of the south elevation of an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built.

Space program plans for Killam Library

UA-23, OS Folder 21
File
1989

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of marked-up floor plans for the Killam Library's space program plan, including bar charts for the Macdonald Library to Killam Library renovation move.

Sperry residence

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folders 4 & 5
File
1968

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains 13 presentation drawings on hardboard for the family home designed by Drew Sperry on Cranston Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The numbered drawings include a site plan; lower, main and upper floor plans; roof plan; sections; and font and back elevations.

Sperry residence construction drawings

MS-2-835, OS Folder 2
File
1968

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains 11 construction drawings for the family home designed by Drew Sperry on Cranston Avenue. Drawings include elevations; window and door details; roof plans and details; and electrical and plumbing plans.

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