Report by Oscar Faber on London Zoo Aquarium Services Building and Operational Services
Report on the structure of London Zoo Aquarium by Oscar Faber
Plans for a new Aquarium at ZSL London Zoo
Papers of the New Zoo Committee, including photographs, plans, memorandums, correspondence and briefs
Papers regarding Regent's Park development, including correspondence, plans, minutes and reports
Papers and plans relating to the development of the central area at ZSL London Zoo, including pavilion and shop
The existing 1868 Elephant House at London Zoo was demolished and the foundations laid for a new Elephant House; however work stopped in 1939 because of the outbreak of World War II and the Tecton designed Elephant House was never built. A new building designed by Casson Conder and partners was completed in 1965.
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.
Concerning the new plans by Casson Conder and partners