Basic Site Details Name: | Red Road Housing | Town, district or village: | Balornock | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Six 31-storey tower blocks; two slabs of 26-7 storeys; eight threey-storey walk-up blocks | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing scheme | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Red Road | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 14 April 1961 | | Proposed | 1,470 houses in multi-storey blocks per Builder p730 | | 1962 | 1969 | Build/construction | | | 7 September 1962 | | | Replacement of reinforced concrete by steel in the erection of 1,356 multi-storey flats. | | 3 January 1964 * | | | From Builder (p48) - 'Corporation is handling 1,365 houses in a new project at red Road, Balornock, where a revised estimate of £4,905,273 has been prepared as against the former figure of £5,594,177, to meet Department of Health regulations' | | 6 May 1964 | | | From Architect and Building News (p800-801): A series of 28- and 31-storey blocks, the highest in Glasgow, are being built to designs of Sam Bunton and Associates by the Corporation's direct-labour department in association with the Multi-Storey Steel Consortium. 1,356 dwellings in steel-framed multi-storey flats at a cost of £6 million. |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Glasgow Corporation | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | p557 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | pp22, 59, 102, 105-10, 145, 150-1, 177, 185 | | 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 | Cover, p31, p65, p75, p232 Photograph of construction, p233 Photographs of construction and opening, p234, p235; p237, p239, p262, p315, p318, p321, p329, p381, Gazetteer 2 | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | | Tenements and Towers: Glasgow Working Class Housing, 1890-1930 | | | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p433 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 6 May 1964 | | | p800-801 | | Architectural Review | November 1967 | | | p343 | | Builder | 14 April 1961 | | | p730 | | Builder | 19 October 1962 | | | p769 | | Builder | 7 September 1962 | | | p517 | | Builder | 15 March 1963 | | | p568 | | Builder | 3 January 1964 | | | p48 | | Building | 6 October 1967 | | | p133 [ad for Expandite panels showing buildings during construction] | | International Asbestos Cement Review | October 1966 | 44 | | p21-5 | | RIBA Journal | February 1967 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p46 | | Systems Building and Design | May 1967 | | | p50-3 | | Town and Country Planning | 1 August 1982 | | | p177-9 'The story of Red Road Flats' |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | GCA DG 1962/825, 827 | |
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