Architecture Notes

Event ID 658005

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/658005

NS56SW 39.00 centred 54944 63801

NS56SW 39.01 NS 54957 64019 The Palace of Arts

NS56SW 39.02 NS 5495 6380 The Tower of Empire

NS56SW 39.03 NS 5490 6350 The Palace of Engineering

NS56SW 39.04 NS 5455 6392 Concert Hall

NS56SW 39.05 NS 5500 6370 The Roman Catholic Pavilion

NS56SW 39.06 NS 5463 6385 The United Kingdom Government Pavilion

NS56SW 39.07 NS 5482 6362 The ICI Building

NS56SW 39.08 NS c.5492 6404 The Press Club

NS56SW 39.09 NS c.5480 6390 The Scottish Pavilion

NS56SW 39.10 NS c.5470 6349 The West African Pavilion

NS56SW 39.11 NS c.5467 6350 The South Rhodesian, East African and Empire Tea Pavilion

NS56SW 39.12 NS c.5460 6352 The Colonial Pavilion

NS56SW 39.13 NS c.5465 6345 The Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Pavilion

NS56SW 39.14 NS c.5460 6350 The Industries, Shipping and Travel Pavilion

NS56SW 39.15 NS c.5455 6365 The Palace of Industries, West

NS56SW 39.16 NS c.5464 6368 The South African Pavilion

NS56SW 39.17 NS c.5474 6357 The Australian Pavilion

NS56SW 39.18 NS c.5468 6359 The Canadian Pavilion

NS56SW 39.19 NS c.5465 6373 The Palace of Industries, North

NS56SW 39.20 NS c.5460 6375 The City of Glasgow Pavilion

NS56SW 39.21 NS c.5468 6385 The Women of Empire Pavilion

NS56SW 39.22 NS c.5472 6377 The Burmese Pavilion

NS56SW 39.23 NS c.5485 6375 The Garden Club

NS56SW 39.24 NS c.5473 6342 Entrance

NS56SW 39.25 NS c.5472 6348 The Lake

NS56SE 377 55027 64125 Lodge (995 Paisley Road West)

NS56SE 522 c.5564 6429 Lodge (735 Paisley Road West)

NS56SE 2033 c.5510 6405 An Clachan, The Highland Village

NS56SE 2034 c.5505 6375 The Amusement Park Restaurant and Crazy House

NMRS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:

A video tape recording of the Empire Exhibition. Twenty-five minutes long and consisting of different pieces of footage put together in black and white and colour. It shows the construction of the various pavilions, the Exhibition during the day, lit-up at night and also the Royal Visit. There is no footage of the interiors of the pavilions and there is no soundtrack. The video is part of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Collection.

There is a solander box in 1.12 containing photographs of the exhibition. Box titled 'Empire Exhibition'

These photographs are now entered under the prefix EE (HL, 12.8.1999)

Covered an area of 175 acres and had a total value in the region of £10,000,000. Many Empire Governments participated in the Exhibition and was backed by a guaranteed fund of £750,000. The Exhibition was open between May and Ocotber 1938 and it was expected that between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 people would visit it.

(Undated) information in NMRS.