- RG2024-2006-086-1096
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- Jul-98
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View of Arts Tower across Bowl with flowers and trees in foreground; Summer.
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Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View of Arts Tower across Bowl with flowers and trees in foreground; Summer.
Looking west at Chemistry annexes; Thorvaldson Building and Arts Tower in background.
Bio/Historical Note: The limitations of the original Chemistry Building became apparent with the massive influx of students at the end of World War II. The rise in enrollment put a strain on the resources of universities across the country. In response the federal government offered military surplus equipment and buildings to educational institutions at bargain prices. The University of Saskatchewan purchased nine surplus huts used at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport at Dafoe, Saskatchewan, for $46,000 and joined them together to form Chemistry Annex One and Two. This “temporary” solution remained in place for two decades. The annexes were reconfigured in 1964-1965. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. The annexes were removed by spring 1977.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
View of the Arts Tower from the Murray Memorial (Main) Library.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
Looking east at Arts Building; Thorvaldson Building in background.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
Looking west at the Arts Tower and classroom wing.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
View of Arts Tower at centre of image with classroom wing at left.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
View of Arts Building with second classroom wing in background. Students are standing and walking on sidewalk in front; students also sitting on a bench. Trees in foreground.
College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
View of classroom in the north half of the west wing of the Arts Building. View from back of classroom looking toward blackboards.
College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
A female student sits beside a metal sculpture in Arts Building; possibly in the classroom wing.
College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
View of the ramp at the entrance between the ground and first floors of the Arts Building.
College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
View through hall windows at students studying in the west wing classroom of Arts Building; windows in background.
College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
Students studying in west wing classroom of Arts Building.
College of Arts and Science Building - Tower - Construction
View looking northeast at the Arts Tower; a surveyor using equipment on a tripod in foreground.
Bio/Historical Note: The Arts Building was constructed in four major stages from 1958 to 1967 at a cost of $758,491. The first stage of construction began in September 1958 with the raising of the classroom wing. The classroom wing was constructed by W.C. Wells Construction, and was designed by Shore and Moffat. It was officially opened on 28 September 1959. The second phase of construction was completed in 1960. It involved the building of the first seven floors of the Arts Tower, the Arts Theatre, and a link joining the Tower to the classroom wing. The Arts Tower project was contracted to Bird Construction while design of the building was again carried out by Shore and Moffat. The Arts Tower was officially opened on 16 January 1961.The addition to the Arts Tower was constructed from 1963-1965 by Bird Construction. While the initial tower completed in 1960 had been designed to accommodate another three floors at a later date, by 1963-1964 improvements in structural building techniques allowed the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners to add an eleventh floor to the building designs.
College of Arts and Science Building at Night
Arts Building lighted at night in winter.
College of Arts and Science Building in Winter
Looking north at Arts Tower in winter. On back of image: "With its eleven story office and classroom tower the Arts Building has become a central campus landmark.".