Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Housing
	Shopping centre

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	27 May 1960		Proposed	preliminary scheme for 143 one-apt, 170 two-apt, 443 three-apt and 73 four-apt houses approved in principle by Housing Dept; given go-ahead to prepare working drawings per Builder p1029
	1961	1971	Build/construction

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
	J L Gleave & Partners		A	27 May 1960	c. 1964	appointed architects and consultants per Builder p1029. Gleave died in 1965 and practiced carried on by Dorward and Matheson.
	Joseph Lea Gleave		A	27 May 1960	c. 1964	Gleave died in 1965 and practiced carried on by Dorward and Matheson.
	Allen ('Mick') Short Matheson		B	c. 1965	1971
	Dorward Matheson Gleave & Partners		B	c. 1965	1971
	Ivor Gardiner Menzies Gordon Dorward		B	c. 1965	1971

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Four tower blocks, Pollokshaws CDA Unit 1	Four point blocks of 18-22 storeys in a twin-tower plan with 454 flats total, mostly of three apartments and a few of two apartments
	Pollokshaws CDA Unit 1 Area A	126 dwellings in three- and four-storey tenements
	Pollokshaws CDA Unit 1 Area B	47 dwellings in two- and three-storey tenements
	Pollokshaws CDA Unit 1 Areas E1, B1
	Shopping Centre, Pollokshaws	Est. cost £1,250,000 to serve Pollokshaws redevelopment area

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Pollokshaws CDA	Pollokshaws CDA was declared in 1958. It was the only CDA with a housing gain and involved the redevelopment of a derelict industrial area. It was divided into two units: Unit 1, the old burgh centre, and Unit 2, the south section (south of Riverford Road).

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			p570
	Williamson, Riches, Higgs	1990	Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)			p564

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	27 May 1960			pp1029-1030