Zoology/Natural History Building

• Reference:GB 248 GUA BUL 6/16
• Dates of Creation:1921-1946
• Name of Creator:
  John Burnet Son & Dick
  John Keppie & Henderson
• Physical Description:
  1.53 127 linear metresdrawings

• Scope and Content

  Consists of drawings from the office of John Burnet Son & Dick (1921-1923) and later designs showing alterations and additions by John Keppie & Henderson (1946).

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Zoology building was designed by Burnet in the early 1920s. The Museum was designed by Sir John James Burnet (with input from Graham Kerr) and built from 1922 to early 1924. It was designed to be located centrally between the main lecture theatre and the elementary laboratory to encourage the use of its collections. This striking building had a channelled stone exterior dominated by a classical roof lantern.