Basic Site Details Name: | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, masterplan | Town, district or village: | Bellahouston | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Planned and overseen by Thomas Smith Tait, appointed by the Government. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Exhibition Site | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1936 | 1938 | | | | February 1937 | | | Basic scheme and layout | | 3 May 1938 | | Opened | |
PeopleDesign and Construction
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Army and Royal Air Force Pavilion | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Atlantic Restaurant | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Cascade and Rotunda Shopping Centre | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Empire Cinema | Cinema re-erected in Lochgilphead. | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Episcopal Church | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Garden Club and Lucullus Restaurant | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Palace of Art | The only surviving building from the Glasgow Empire Exhibition, and the only one designed to be permanent. Converted to a community centre after the Second World War. | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Palace of Engineering | Engineers: Sir William Arrol.
Transferred to Prestwick after close of Exhibition.
Photograph of building under construction in Carrick Collection but Architect & Building News gives Launcelot Ross. | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Palace of Industries North | Architect & Building News 1938 January-June, p169 says it was designed in conjunction with T S Tait. | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Peace Pavilion | In conjunction with John Patterson | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Physical Fitness Pavilion | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, prototype working class flats | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, RC Chapel and Pavilion | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, RSAC, AA and Messrs Beatties Bakeries Ltd Stands | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Scottish Milk Marketing Pavilion | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Scottish Oils and Shellmex Pavilion | | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, South African Pavilion | Was taken down and re-erected at the site of the Nobel Explosives Factory at Ardeer.
| | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Tower of Empire and Treetops Restaurant | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Baxter, J Neil | 1938 | Thomas S Tait and the Glasgow Empire Exhibition | no 4 | Thirties Society Journal, pp26-3o | | | Baxter, J Neil | 1982 | Thomas Tait and the Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 1938 | | Unpublished MA Hons dissertation, University of Glasgow | | | Crampsey, Bob | 1988 | The Empire Exhibition of 1938 | | Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Company | | | Kinchin, Perilla and Kinchin, Juliet | | Glasgow's Great Exhibitions | | White Cockade Publishing | | | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | pp183-9 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp581-2 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1936 | Jul-Dec | | p358 | | Architect and Building News | 1938 | Jan-Jun | | p99 | | Architects Journal | April 1938 | | | | | Architects Journal | May 1938 | | | | | Architects Journal | June 1938 | | | | | Builder | Early 1937 | CLII | | pp408, 532, 862, 870, 915, 1118, 1215 | | Builder | Late 1937 | CLIII | | pp271, 1055, 1104, 1143, 1147 | | Building | June 1938 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 6 October 1936 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 13 November 1936 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 10 February 1937 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 28 April 1938 | | | Special number | | RIAS Quarterly | 1939 | Summer | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | pp3-14 | | Scottish Architect and Builders Journal | September 1938 | | | | | Scottish Country Life | May 1938 | | | | | SMT Magazine | May 1938 | | | | | Weekly Illustrated | May 1938 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information on Andrew D Bryce from personal recollections of Esmé Gordon, Margaret Brodie and Harold Cullerne Pratt | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | thomas Armstrong: A no9020 (Combined Box 221) |
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