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Bookshop, University of Queensland

Located between the Great Court buildings and Circular Drive (now Staff House Road), the Bookshop was built in 1957. In September 1963 Birrell, as University Architect, design a small internal refit of which there is one drawing in this subseries: Job/Sheet no. A4/33. Further additions and alterations to the Bookshop were designed by James Birrell and Partners in 1970-1972 ( Job no. B97 and unnumbered drawings), and these make up the bulk of the drawings in this subseries as well as some done in collaboration with contractors.

New Industrial Centre at University of Queensland St. Lucia.

Contains 22 plans for the Contract drawing, New Industrial Centre at University of Queensland St. Lucia. Brisbane for the Co-Ordinator General's Dept, (Oct 1963), and includes: site and drainage plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, concrete details, steel details, furniture details, and the Gardener's Shed (Nov 1963). The drawings were done by James P. Birrell in association with Peter D. Heathwood. The plans for the industrial centre included the Maintenance shops, printery, amenities and transport building. It is located on the corner of Services Road and Hood Street. The Gardener's Shed is located on the other side of Hood Street. Demolished in November 2021.

Birrell, James, 1928-

Job E1 Schematic set-out of Extensions to Dental School

Job E1 Schematic set-out of Extensions to Dental School, Sheet numbers 40-42, ink line drawings on tracing paper, dated May 1963: [Item 1] First stage of 13 storey non-clinical block; [Item 2] Floor plan First stage of 13 storey non-clinical block; [Item 3] Diagrammatic sections showing proposed relative floor levels.

Birrell, James, 1928-

Fifth floor

Title block has the title J.D. Story Administration Building, University of Queensland, and University Architect J.P. Birrell. Ink line drawing on tracing paper. There are no job or drawing numbers. Dated May 1963.

Birrell, James, 1928-

Ref. No. 1066 J.D. Story Administration Building, University of Queensland : drawing index

One volume of plans for the J.D. Story Administration Building, The University of Queensland. Held together with three metal holders; cover and back pages have come away and several pages are coming loose. Drawings are numbered 1 to 47. From title block, the University Architect is J.P. Birrell and Consulting Engineer is Antony Tod. Drawings date from Dec 1963 to Mar 1964. The cover page has the index for all 47 plans.

Birrell, James, 1928-

Union College, University of Queensland : Stages 1 to 5

Union College was built in five stages from June 1964 to March 1974. It consists of three buildings and two landscaped courtyards. It was built in five separately budgeted stages. Each stage included landscaping and an increase in facilities to common areas of the precious stages. The client for the construction was the Union College Council. The site, suggested by Birrell, was a narrow strip of vacant land on the south western corner of the St. Lucia campus bordered by Upland Road, Sir William Macgregor Drive and Oval No. 1. The site had many well established trees and Birrell's design retained almost all of them. There are 6 volumes of architectural drawings, 175 individual drawings making a total of 242 drawings for the Union College. Stage 1 was by James Birrell as University Architect and Stages 2-5 were by James Birrell & Partners.

Extension to Dental School, University of Queensland

Presentative volume with 2 carbon copy typewritten pages about the design and stages of construction with 7 drawings: perspective drawing with job number E1/29; drawing with stages; pilot plans for ground floor, first floor, second, third and fourth floor.

Birrell, James, 1928-

Basement

Title block has the title J.D. Story Administration Building, University of Queensland, and University Architect J.P. Birrell. Includes steps to service tunnel, with pencil annotations. Ink line drawing on tracing paper. There are no job or drawing numbers. Dated May 1963.

Birrell, James, 1928-

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