Pathfoot Building, Stirling University Campus

Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners, 1966-1967 with later additions, including block to S 1993 (John Richards, partner-in-charge; Gerrard Bakker, project architect; Frank Clark, landscape designer). Set of 6 linked extensive rectangular-plan single storey Modernist teaching blocks of modular design (including main lecture theatre, crush hall, and cafeteria), with single double height space to each block, running E to W with perpendicular glazed corridor blocks running N to S enclosing small courtyards, all on ground stepped up to N arranged as terraces and in picturesque landscape setting. Deep platform canopy to main entrance (SE); overhanging platform roof. Steel-framed construction; with custom designed prefabricated construction system. Narrow base course clad with timber panelling; continuous horizontal runs of windows at ground floor with slightly advanced narrow vertical I-beams. Deep overhanging fascia above, clad in concrete panels with exposed (Flagrica) aggregate. Main entrance deeply recessed beneath canopy with similar fascia to S elevation.

Predominantly plate glass in long rectangular red pine casement windows; some fixed pane glazing extending full width of structural bays. Felted platform roof; raised felt clad water tanks. Aluminium flues. Concealed rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: simple Modernist interior characterised by exposed blond timber and large windows. Various rooms throughout linked by central corridors running E to W in each terrace; each individual terrace linked by series of corridors running N to S. 2-storey crush hall to SE of plan with horizontal glazing to upper section. Blockwork and demountable partition walls throughout. Suspended ceilings with integrated lights.