Basic Site Details
| Name: | Springburn CDA Area B Housing |
| Town, district or village: | Springburn |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
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| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Four towers of twenty-five and twenty-six storeys and seven (?) linear six-storey slabs of deck-access flats linked by free-standing towers containing lift and drying areas. A.A. Wood had advoated these brick deck-access blocks, and this was the first Glasgow scheme to incorporate them. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Street plan | ||
| Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Balgrayhill Road | ||
| Springburn Road | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1964 | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| Alfred Arden Wood | A | As Chief Housing Architect | |||
| Archibald George Jury | A | 1964 | 1968 | As City Architect | |
| Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation) | A | 1964 | |||
Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Parent Structure and Site
| This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | ||
| Building name | Notes | |
| Springburn CDA | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p569 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p226, p320, p368, p405 | |
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | p432 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 6 May 1964 | p800 | ||