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Sir Basil Spence
Event ID 883907
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Sir Basil Spence
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/883907
Building Notes
In March 1960, Basil Spence & Partners were invited to act as architects for a proposed new extension to the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow. The new building, located adjacent to the existing hospital, was to house teaching departments for gynecology, medicine and surgery together with ophthalmological wards and out-patient facilities, a biochemistry department and a canteen. As erected, the cluster of buildings take the form of geometric blocks disposed over a series of raised platforms. The project is often referred to as phase one of what was intended to be a complete replacement of the GRI buildings. However, they were not completed until 1983 and the second phase was abandoned.
Archive Details
The Sir Basil Spence Archive holds one manuscript file for this project containing correspondence, minutes of a meeting and a schedule of the accommodation required by the new building. There are also five photographs of the architects’ model for a preliminary scheme. Information about the building can also be found in the Edinburgh Accounts file, MS 2329/X/14/4, which forms part of the Sir Basil Spence Archive.
The Spence, Glover & Ferguson Collection, also held by RCAHMS, contains nine drawings and a large amount of photographic material.
This text was written as one of the outputs of the Sir Basil Spence Archive Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2005-08.
