St. Andrew's House (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Overall aerial view of north façade, looking down from Calton Hill; Waverley Court can be seen rear left
- 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-A3
- 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:
- 10469004
- PID:
- digcoll:1839958