Huntarian
Zoology Museum, Graham Kerr Building, University of
Glasgow
Architect
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Sir John James Burnet
(Burnet, Son and Dick)
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Date Built
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1923 - 1927
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Location
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Glasgow
University Kelvingrove Campus
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Description
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The "Statement of Special Interest"
for this CategoryA Listed building says
that, "... The Graham Kerr Building is
an outstanding example of a largely
unaltered work by the notable Glasgow
architect, Sir John James Burnet. The
building marks a transition between the
Baroque characteristics of his earlier
buildings and the early modern direction of
his practice at this period, and has a
design which is characterised by this
evolution in style, including the deeply
channelled ashlar facings. .... The building
is named after Sir John Graham Kerr
(1869-1957), a Cambridge evolutionary
embryologist, who was appointed to the
Regius Chair of Natural History (Zoology) in
1902."
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