Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron Item Info
- Title:
- Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron
- Architect(s):
- Fetherstonhaugh, Durnford, Bolton, and Chadwick
- Donor:
- No known donor
- Date built:
- 1948
- Status (as of 1996):
- Standing
- Current use (as of 1996):
- Departments of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
- Campus:
- Downtown Campus
- Location:
- Northeast Corner
- Latitude:
- 45.50666468
- Longitude:
- -73.57862642
Description
In the 1950s, the Department of Physics found that it had outgrown the Macdonald Physics Building both in its need for space and technologically. New discoveries had been made that warranted the erection of more modern labs and facilities. In 1948, the firm of Fetherstonhaugh, Durnford, Bolton, and Chadwick was commissioned to build the Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron, named after the McGill physicist John Stuart Foster. Harold Fetherstonhaugh had already completed several projects for McGill, such as the William and Henry Birks Building and Douglas Hall. The new lab, located northeast of the Arts Building, was a purely functional concrete structure that provided necessary space and more modern equipment for experiments in Physics.
- Citation:
- "Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron", The History of McGill University's Buildings, McGill University Libraries, https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/campus/items/cb033_01.html