Basic Site Details Name: | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Tower of Empire and Treetops Restaurant | Town, district or village: | Bellahouston | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Tait's Tower | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Restaurant | | | | Exhibition | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1937 | 1938 | | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Launcelot Hugh Ross | | | 1937 | 1938 | Erection of Tower to Tait's design | | Thomas Smith Tait | | | 1937 | 1938 | With Ross as executant architect |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, masterplan | Planned and overseen by Thomas Smith Tait, appointed by the Government. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Crampsey, Bob | 1988 | The Empire Exhibition of 1938 | | Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Company | | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p1 Night view of the Glasgow Empire Exhibtion - from brochure | | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | pp183-9 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | Early 1938 | CLIV | | pp148, 237, 481, 631, 974-7, 983-992, 1007-1008 | | RIBA Journal | July 1956 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Launcelot Hugh Ross obituary |
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