Bute is the main biology building at St Andrews. Its enterior contains some of the most bizarre architecture I've ever seen.


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Bute
A 17th century, listed building
bute_turrets
The outside has remained unchanged
with turrets
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and columns
but the inside?
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Bute Medical Buildings
Note the "S" covered in ivy. This may be the root of many problems.
entrance_hall
The entrance hall
is quite grand
arches
Arches abound
tiles
Pretty tiled floors
wooden_corridor
A nice old hallway
sided with wooden cabinets. But wait, is that a staircase?
corridor_stairs
Yes, it's a staircase
This goes to the upper level of the library
ladder
Down the hall we find...
a ladder into the ceiling. And next, the...
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Mysterty doors
no one knows what's in these rooms. And around the bend, my favorite:
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The Escher Stairs
escherDsign
Confusing enough
to require quite a few direction signs!
escherCsign
More Escher signs
escher_hidden_door
Under these stairs
a door is tucked away. It took me forever to find this door. I knew there was...
computer_room
a computer lab
but I couldn't get there!
escher_going_up
On the Escher stairs
escher_top
The top of one stair set
Hey, more stairs to the right!
stairs_to_wall_bottom
Yes, definitely stairs
But they appear to go to...
stairs_to_wall
A blank wall
blank_wall
Yes, definitely a blank wall!
corridor_room
This doesn't look like a corridor
But it's used as one, being the only way across the building on this floor
pettigrew_tiles
But not all is strange
We have the Bell Petigrew Museum
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Bell Petigrew
with a nice, modern sign
pettigrew_exhibits
Exihibits
pettigrew_study
A central area for studing
pettigrew_birds
Bird display
pettigrew_instruments
Old instrument display
pettigrew_horse
Horse skeleton
pettigrew_formerly
Formerly believed...
to be that of Eclipse! (I love the "formerly believed" part)
pettigrew_mammals
Mammals
pettigrew_end
Ah, the museum
sign1
But back out to the rest of Bute
where you need signs to direct you
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Lots of signs
note the arrow direction--this is NOT a close-up of the last picture!
sign3
More signs
sign4
Many,
sign5
Many,
sign6
Many,
sign7
Many
sign8
Signs!
back_stairs
Up these stairs
(You might start to notice that there are stairs all over)
dead_end
The corridor is bit too long
outside_wall
And this is definitely...
An outside wall!
upNdown_stairs
One of my favorites
are these sets of stairs
upNdown_stairs_top
Yes, they just go up and down
low_beams_beware
Some signs...
Are for warning purposes
low_beams
And it's true!
stairs_to_door
Random stairs
I guess some rooms are more special than others
tilted_hall
And if you thought the floor of this corridor was a bit slanted...
it is!
triangle_hall
This is a strange triangular spot in the corridor
Note the signs through the door!
more_arches
And there are still arches about
random_stairs
And stairs really are all over!
short_door
A short door
floating_door
A floating door
There are stairs nearby, but...
stairs_miss
it looks like the stairs missed!
stair_window
Yes, that is a staircase
through the window at the top of the stairs
sunny_stairs
Up these stairs
sunny_balcony
A nice sunny balcony
anne_leave_bute
And that's it for Bute!

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