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The '''Sandford Fleming Building''', located on 10 King's College Road, was built in 1907 (originally for the physics department) and designed by architects Darling & Pearson. It is named after [ | The '''Sandford Fleming Building''', located on 10 King's College Road, was built in 1907 (originally for the physics department) and designed by architects Darling & Pearson. It is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandford_Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming], the chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada, the chief engineer on Canadian Pacific Railways surveys, and is famous for helping to establish a standardized twenty-four-hour system of international time zones. | ||
The building is the hub of engineering student activity as the home of the [[Engineering Society]] office, [[Engineering Stores]], the [[Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad]] room, the [[Hard Hat Cafe]], the Engineering and Computer Science Library, and "[[ | The building is the hub of engineering student activity as the home of the [[Engineering Society]] office, [[Engineering Stores]], the [[Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad]] room, the [[Hard Hat Cafe]], the Engineering and Computer Science Library, and "[[The Pit]]", a central student common space for events and gatherings. | ||
In 1977, the building was largely destroyed by a massive fire, leaving only the exterior structure intact. The interior was reconstructed based on the original design by Page and Steele architects. | In 1977, the building was largely destroyed by a massive fire, leaving only the exterior structure intact. The interior was reconstructed based on the original design by Page and Steele architects. | ||
==Structure and Architecture== | ==Structure and Architecture== | ||
The Sandford Fleming Building is designed in the neoclassical [ | The Sandford Fleming Building is designed in the neoclassical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture Beaux-Arts style], typical of many early twentieth-century buildings particularly in North America. The original design had the building as a U-shape (with the open portion of the "U" facing west as a courtyard fully open to the street before the adjoining [[Galbraith Building]] was constructed in that space). Following the Fire of 1977, the western portion of the building was filled in to create a student commons area (now known as "The Pit" or the "SF Atrium"). | ||
The most distinctive feature from the exterior is the eastern facade, with its semi-circular protrusion (now hosting the classroom SF1105 and in its upper portion, a part of the Engineering and Computer Science Library). Originally, both floors were part of a large lecture hall and the three grand doors at the exterior were used for access. | The most distinctive feature from the exterior is the eastern facade, with its semi-circular protrusion (now hosting the classroom SF1105 and in its upper portion, a part of the Engineering and Computer Science Library). Originally, both floors were part of a large lecture hall and the three grand doors at the exterior were used for access. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===The Sandford Fleming Building Fire of 1977=== | ===The Sandford Fleming Building Fire of 1977=== | ||
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
* R. White, The Skule Story: the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, 1873-2000, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 235-237. <br /> | * R. White, The Skule Story: the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, 1873-2000, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 235-237. <br /> | ||
* B. Levine, A Century of Skill and Vigour, Toronto: Barry G. Levine, 1985, p. 66-71.<br /> | * B. Levine, A Century of Skill and Vigour, Toronto: Barry G. Levine, 1985, p. 66-71.<br /> | ||
* R. Brown, " The Life of Sir John Cunningham McLennan, Ph.D., F.R.S., O.B.E., K.B.E., 1867-1935," Physics in Canada, Vol. 56, no. 2, , March/April 2000. | * R. Brown, " The Life of Sir John Cunningham McLennan, Ph.D., F.R.S., O.B.E., K.B.E., 1867-1935," Physics in Canada, Vol. 56, no. 2, , March/April 2000. | ||