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26: 200:. The Dean's office, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments are in this building. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as well as the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department reside in the Thompson Engineering Building, which was opened in 2004. 212:
The building was built next to the Cronyn Observatory and built slightly on the edge of the expanding campus, away from the Faculty of Sciences buildings. There is some indirect evidence to suggest that this was done deliberately to help the new building and faculty develop their own 'character' and
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There became an increased need for an engineering-specific building on the Western campus ever since the establishment of the Department of Engineering Sciences in 1954. After much deliberation, construction began in early 1958 and was finished by April 1959. The cost of construction was totalled at
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not be influenced by other already successful science-based programs, although this is debated speculation.
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The building was designed by architect Ronald Murphy.
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Gothic Collegiate
London
Ontario
Coordinates
43°00′20″N 81°16′34″W / 43.00542°N 81.27603°W / 43.00542; -81.27603
CAD
University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
"History - Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario"
the original
cite web
link


ISBN
978-1-4834-1502-4
"MURPHY, Ronald Eyare (1924-1992)"
cite web
link
Categories
University of Western Ontario
Buildings and structures in London, Ontario

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