Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Queen Elizabeth Square		Opposite

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1961	1965	Build/construction	Section opposite Queen Elizabeth Square
	January 1962		Scheme accepted	Fourth and largest redevelopment scheme for the Hutchesontown-Gorbals in Glasgow, covers 24 acres. Work begun on the first phase at the end of 1962 and planned to include 2 blocks of 14-storeys, and two blocks of 30-storeys; 340 houses in three and four storey blocks and 225 houses mostly in four story blocks. More than 200 houses planned to be demolished on the site
	1963	1966	Build/construction	1st development (1963-66) of four 24-storey tower blocks, aligned N-S (a la Matthew's blocks in area B), and of new 'Mark VI' type
	August 1963		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Multistorey blocks to be built.
	1965	1968	Build/construction	8 stubby mosaic-clad towers near river
	1965	1967	Build/construction	2nd & 3rd developments occupy site to NW of towers (of 1st development), and contain 396 flats and maisonettes of 2-4 rooms, contained in five 4-storey tenement-style blocks, laid out around semi-open courtyards
	1968(?)	1969(?)	Build/construction	5th development at extreme SE, overlooking river, comrising three large-panel prefab concrete towers of 8-storeys, faced in mosaic and containing 96 dwellings - designed and built by Gilbert Ash using Tracoba system
	c. 1993		Reconstruction	1st development reconstructed in postmodern 'defensive-space' manner

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
	Harold Ernest Buteux		A	1961	1968	As Chief Technical Officer of SSHA
	Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA)		A	1961	1968	With Buteux as Chief Technical Officer
	Gilbert Ash (Scotland) Ltd			1963	1969	Designed and built 1st and 5th development, the latter using proprietary Tracoba system
	W V Zinn & Associates			1963	1969	Consulting engineer

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
	Hutchesontown / Gorbals Redevelopment	Prototype and showpiece for city's post-war Modernist phase of reconstruction

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			p594
	Williamson, Riches, Higgs	1990	Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)			p519

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	5 January 1962			p52
	Builder	23 August 1963			p394

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Mitchell Library	Glasgow City Archives	1963/211	Dean of Guild Court - 1st development
	Mitchell Library	Glasgow City Archives	1964/750	Dean of Guild Court - 2nd/3rd developments
	Mitchell Library	Glasgow City Archives	1968/187	Dean of Guild Court - 5th development