Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Edinburgh Zoo Aquarium	Yes
	The Zoological Park, Edinburgh - Carnegie Aquarium

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Zoo

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Corstorphine Road	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	c. 1926	c. 1927
	1980s		Alteration/conversion	Entrance building, reconstructed from A N paterson's Aquarium Building where the humidity had affected the steelwork and reinforcement making it unsafe.

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	Thomas Smith (junior)		B			Entrance building, reconstructed from A N paterson's Aquarium Building where the humidity had affected the steelwork and reinforcement making it unsafe.
	Thomas Smith, Gibb & Pate		B			Entrance building, reconstructed from A N paterson's Aquarium Building where the humidity had affected the steelwork and reinforcement making it unsafe.
	A N Paterson & Stoddart		A	1924	1927	Appointed after competition but later modified the design
	Alexander Nisbet Paterson		A	1924	1927	Appointed after competition but later modified the design
	Donald McKay Stoddart		A	1924	1927	Appointed after competition but later modified the design

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Scottish National Zoological Park	The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland was founded in 1909 by Thomas Gillespie, an Edinburgh lawyer. Within four years the Society has sufficient support and funding to purchase an 85 acre site to the west of Edinburgh, for £17,000, with assistance from Edinburgh City Council. Gillespie took for his model the so-called 'open zoo' at Hamburg, designed by Carl Hagenbeck. Instead of bars and cages, Edinburgh Zoo was designed from the outset to have large, open enclosures, using ditches and moats to separate the animals from the visitors. By April 1913 Patrick Geddes, and his son-in-law Frank Mears had prepared a Report and preliminary plans for laying out the zoological gardens, and work on construction of the pools for polar bears and seals, aviaries, and enclosures for wolves, monkeys bars and lions was commenced immediately. Edinburgh Zoo was opened to the public on 22 July 1913, and was incorporated by Royal Charter later that year.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts	1928				741 & 755
	RSA	1924				555 (original design)
	RSA	1925				677
	RSA	1927				Details as built

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Scotsman	17 May 1947			Obituary p3

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Courtesy of Thomas Smith III	Information sent to David Walker