Arts Tower and classroom wing, University of Saskatchewan
- JGD/MG01/XVII/Slide683
- Item
- May 1963
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Arts Tower and classroom wing, University of Saskatchewan
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower and front view of classroom wing addition.
Looking west across the Bowl, with Marquis Hall and Arts Building in background. Top floor of Arts Building under construction; students walking on pathways and grass.
College of Arts and Science Building at Night
Arts Building lighted at night in winter.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
Looking west at the Arts Tower and classroom wing.
View looking southwest across the Bowl, with flowers in foreground. University buildings in background from l to r: Qu'Appelle Hall, Marquis Hall, Murray Building, and Arts Building.
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.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Tower Construction
Faculty office tower and the theatre wing. Cars parked at the front with trees in the foreground.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Tower Construction
Faculty office tower with the theatre wing on the right and a classroom wing on the left.
College of Arts and Science Building - Construction
Six floors are formed and in place. Scaffolding, equipment and vehicles 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 1963-64 improvements in structural building techniques allowed the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners to add an eleventh floor to the building designs. The second classroom wing of the Arts Building was completed in 1967. This fourth and final phase of construction was built by W. C. Wells Construction and was again designed by the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners. The building on opening contained a gross area of finished space amounting to 82,980 square feet. In addition, 3,564 square feet of unfinished space was provided in the basement. Plans to adjoin the Addition to the planned Law-Commerce Complex were also included in the design. The building was considerably larger upon completion than initially planned, and included laboratory space as well as classrooms. On opening, the second classroom wing contained one 350-seat theatre, one 150-seat theatre, six 95 seat classrooms, six 45 seat classrooms and one 20 seat classroom as well as three departmental seminar rooms. In addition to these, four laboratory units were added to the building for Psychology, Geography, Languages and the Computation Centre. The second classroom wing was faced in tyndall limestone while the interior main corridors of the building were lined with painted concrete block. In 1974 a pedestrian connection was built to the Arts Building for $394,342. It was designed by BLM Architects, and was contracted to Poole Construction. Portions of the Arts Building, including the theatre, were renovated as part of the first phase of the Place Riel Project. This renovations were designed by D. H. Stock and Partners, and were contracted to Smith Bros. and Wilson. They were completed in 1976 for $178,080.
Looking southwest across the Bowl at campus buildings (l to r): north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Tower construction, and Chemistry Building.
Elevated view of the Arts Tower through turrets on the top of the Chemistry Building.
Looking west across the Bowl from the Administration Building at campus buildings (l to r): North wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Building, Chemistry, and Physics buildings, The 46th Battalion C.E.F. Memorial Stone visible at far right.
View of statues behind the Law Building looking onto the courtyard behind the Arts Building.