Plan, section and elevation drawings and blueprints relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated July 1922 to August 1923. Also included are typewritten notes on the tank specifications; one sheet giving details for doors of the tea pavillion on the Mappin Terrace, dated February 1926. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin
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Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the Aquarium, London Zoo, dated May 1922 to March 1923, and the remodelling, dated April to May 1956. Also included is a section blueprint of the proposed aquarium planned with the construction of the Mappin Terrace, dated April 1913. Some hand annotations and watercolour details added. Architect/engin eer/designer: Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, Engineers; Belcher & Joass, Architects; CA & AW Haward Ltd, Engineers; ZSL Architects' Department.
Estimate for the Formation of the Proposed Aquarium under the Mappin Terraces, 1922; Building Contract between ZSL and J Jarvis & Sons, 1922; notes on progress, 1923; details of costs, 1924; plan of new flue pipe in the Aquarium, undated.
Report of guide to indicative cost for the refurbishment of the Aquarium building at London Zoo for Zoo Operations Limited by Gardiner & Theobald
Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the Regent Building restaurant, dated September 1927-February 1929. Some hand annotations and watercolour detail.
General papers relating to the New Zoo, including plans, correspondence, minutes of meetings, memorandums and development plans
Papers regarding the redevelopment of the Regent's Park Gardens, including memorandums, a pamphlet on the history of London Zoo, a statement made by the Minister of Public Building and Works and journal articles
Plan, section and elevation drawings relating to the construction of the West Gate Services Building (Works Department), London Zoo, dated January 1955-September 1959. Some hand annotations. Architect/engin
Plan, section and elevation drawings of the West Gate Services Building, London Zoo, dated June 1951 to March 1959. Some hand annotations. Architect/engin
Correspondence and estimates regarding the Casson Footbridge