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- 1970
Elevated view looking northwest from the Administration Building. Arts Tower, Thorvaldson and Physics buildings in background.
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Elevated view looking northwest from the Administration Building. Arts Tower, Thorvaldson and Physics buildings in background.
Looking southwest at the Island of Trees, commemorating Robert Reid Moffat, co-architect of the Memorial Union Building, in front of the Arts building. Health Sciences building at left.
Bio/Historical Note: Robert Reid Moffat (1906-1960), partner in the leading postwar firm of Shore & Moffat, established in Toronto in 1945. Born in Edrans, Manitoba, he obtained a degree in Science from the University of Saskatchewan in 1926, and worked for one year as a junior draftsman for David Webster, a leading architect in that city. He moved to Boston and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1927 to 1931, then returned to Canada where he worked for Darling & Pearson, for Mathers & Haldenby, and for S.B. Coon & Son, all of Toronto. He served as Assistant Superintendent of Buildings at the Univ. of Toronto from 1932 to 1936, then opened an office under his own name. He embraced the new modernist style being promoted in Europe and the United States, and entered the T. Eaton Co. Architectural Competition for House Designs in 1936, receiving an Honourable Mention for his progressive concept. His striking design was a radical departure from the neo-Georgian conservatism evident in some of the other entries. After serving overseas with Canadian Forces during WWII, he formed a new partnership in 1945 with Leonard Shore and during the next fifteen years they were credited with a number of significant modernist landmarks in Toronto (see list of works under Shore & Moffat). The firm also designed the Memorial Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan. Their firm was awarded a Massey Medal for the York Township Municipal Offices (1952), and another Silver Massey Medal for the Imperial Oil Research Centre in Sarnia, Ont. (1961). Moffat died suddenly on 17 December 1960 at Port Credit, Ont.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building Exterior
Arts tower and the classroom wing with the landscaping in the foreground.
Looking south at snowdrifts across the Bowl; tree laden with snow in foreground. University buildings in background (from l to r): Medical Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Building, and Chemistry Building.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Tower Construction
Crane on top of the faculty office tower with the classroom wing on the left. Car in the background and a pile of dirt in the foreground.
Student Activities - Ice Sculpture
view of ice sculpture made by medical students in front of Murray Memorial Building. Arts Building in background; looking west.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Exterior
Corner entrance showing three sets of glass double doors. Trees at each side and people walking towards them. Grass and seats and bicycles in the foreground.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Exterior
Entrance set back among other buildings. Bicycle stand, trees and sidewalk in the foreground. Part of the Architectural Display.
View of the Bowl with Arts Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Thorvaldson Building, Biology Building, Physics Building, Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall, Physical Education Building, and other campus buildings visible.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building -- Exterior
Sitting in the background with the classrooms on the right. A bridge with a stone lined constructed gully in the foreground.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Winter scene showing students changing classes; Murray Memorial (Main) Library (left) and Arts Building in background.
Looking west with students walking on sidewalk and Arts Building in background.
Looking west at students walking on pathways; buildings visible are Marquis Hall, north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library and Arts Building.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building
View of the tower and theatre with students walking on the sidewalks.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building - Construction
A stone mason cuts a stone with a hammer and a chisel. Several courses of Greystone have already been laid. Wood scaffolding surrounds the building.