St. Andrew's House (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Looking up at south façade from Waverley Court building (in foreground); Nelson's Monument, background right

Creator:

Tait, Thomas S., 1882-1954

Published/Created:

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Regent Road, southern side of Calton Hill
1934-1939

Materials:

darney stone; glass

Notes:

St. Andrew's House is the headquarters building of the Scottish Government. The requirement for the building arose as a result of a post World War I policy of limited transfer of devolved power to Scotland from London. It stands on the former site of Calton Jail. The building was designed by Thomas S. Tait of Burnet, Tait and Lorne, architects. (They worked separately on commissions.) Although Tait’s St. Andrew’s House was given a monumental treatment with giant symbolic figures (sculpted by Sir William Reid Dick) in response to its Neo-classical setting, Tait and Lorne’s designs generally followed the International idiom of long horizontal window-bands. Both had worked in the United States.

Variant Titles:

Saint Andrew's House

Topics:

Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Art Deco
International Style
Twentieth century

Culture:

British
Scottish

Accession Number:

1A1-TTS-SAH-A4

Coordinates:

+55.953375-3.184097

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
public buildings: municipal buildings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; public buildings; government office buildings architecture; government; Streamline Moderne

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10469005

PID:

digcoll:1822269