![]() | M106 Competition designs for Paisley Technical SchoolAddress: George Street, PaisleyDate: 1895–6 Client: Board of directors of Paisley Technical School Authorship: ![]() |
- 1895
- January: A board of directors comprising
leading town figures is established for the newly instituted Paisley Technical
School. The new building is to house three departments – art; chemistry
and physics; and science (naval architecture, engineering and trades) –
and a hall for 300 students. It is expected to cost £17,000.
Specifications for the building are drawn up in consultation with the
Department of Science and Art in South Kensington, London.
1
March: John Honeyman & Keppie are among nine architects invited to participate in the competition. Edinburgh architect Robert Rowand Anderson is appointed assessor. 2
- 1896
- 17 February: Competition closing date. 3
27 March: The results of the competition are reported in the British Architect. Paisley architect Thomas Graham Abercrombie's design is placed first and he secures the job. John Honeyman & Keppie's two designs are placed second and third. The practice is awarded the first premium of 25 guineas given their two high placings; the second premium is awarded to the fourth-placed design. 4
15 April: Building Industries publishes a full-page article on the competition result and an illustration of the winning design. 5
29 May: Thomas Raffles Davison's perspective of Honeyman & Keppie's second-placed design is published in the British Architect. 6
- 1897
- March: The perspective
drawing is exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (322).
7
- 1898
- March: Raffles Davison's
perspective is exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy (592). 8
Notes:
1: Evelyn Hood, Forward by Degrees. The University of Paisley 1897–1997, Paisley: University of Paisley, 1997, p. 24–6; Magazine of Art, January 1895, p. 199; Building Industries, 7, 15 April 1896, p. 5.
2: British Architect, 45, 27 March 1896, p. 215; Builder, 70, 4 April 1896, p. 301.
3: Building Industries, 7, 15 April 1896, p. 5.
4: British Architect, 45, 27 March 1896, p. 215.
5: Building Industries, 7, 15 April 1896, p. 5.
6: British Architect, 45, 29 May 1896, pp. 380, 384.
7: Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1897.
8: Glasgow Herald, 12 March 1898.