Papers regarding the presentation of the RIBA Architecture Award Elephant and Rhinoceros Pavilion
Concerning the new plans by Casson Conder and partners
Plan showing the details of the base and base wall of the Raven's Cage at London Zoo
Correspondence, memorandums and papers regarding the Cotton Terraces and modernisation of the Giraffe House
Includes: memos from the Layout Committee; letters from Lubetkin to Huxley; costings; Contract with Tecton; copy of 'The Architect and Building News', June 1944; handwritten notes; specifications. Includes correspondence with Burnet, Tait and Lorne; and with Tecton. Also mentions other abandoned schemes by Tecton for Gibbon House, Children's Zoo, South Gate. Includes correspondence between Huxley and the Maharajah of Bhavnagar and J Ellerman about funding; with Sir Harry Boyd of the Home Office concerning Royal patronage. Correspondence with Zoo Directors in Chicago, Dresden, Stellingen about their elephant houses.
Correspondence with the Architect's Department regarding Zoo buildings
Contract documents, specifications and plans for the Tropical Bird House, ZSL London Zoo
Papers and plans relating to the development of the central area at ZSL London Zoo, including pavilion and shop
Correspondence and estimates regarding the Casson Footbridge