West Medical Building/ Davidson Building and Boilerhouse

• Reference:GB 248 GUA BUL 6/12
• Dates of Creation:c1903-1953
• Name of Creator:
  Macwhannel & Rogerson
  James Miller
  Gillespie, Kidd& Coia
• Physical Description:
  0.51 27 linear metresdrawings

• Scope and Content

  Unsucessful competition designs submitted by architects, Macwhannel & Rogerson.Original designs by James Miller (c1907 - 9) and later alterations to boilerhouse made by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia (c1953).

• Administrative / Biographical History

  An open competition was held to find a suitable design for a medical building to house the Physiology, Materia Medica, Forensic Medicine and Public Health departments. James Miller won with his Scots Renaissance style design. The building was begun in 1903 and completed by 1907. In 1963 the building was extended to the east to designs by Keppie, Henderson & Partners to provide a Biochemistry building.

• Arrangement

  Arranged chronologically.

• Bibliography

  'New Medical School, Glasgow University' Academy Architect 2 Anon1906