Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	December 1957(?)		Scheme accepted	'Corporation Planning Committee approved redevelopment of Pollokshaws area at est. cost of ₤7 million. Plan includes blocks of flats 17 or 18 storeys high to house 1,000 people. Work to start in six months' time.' per Builder 1957/12/27 p1148
	23 January 1958		Scheme accepted	'plan...approved on January 23 by Glasgow Corporation and will now be submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland for endorsement...density of 150 habitable rooms per acre...increasing the population in the area, at present 5,800, by 950 persons. About half the dwellings to be built will be multi-storey flats some of which will be 17 and 18 storerys.' per Builder 7 February 1958 p289
	12 December 1958		Scheme accepted	'approved by the Secretary of State for Scotland...The Pollokshaws plan entails the clearance of about 1,600 houses over an area of 91.5 acres in the next ten years. A feature which distinguishes this plan from the former Gorbals one is that none of the present population of Pollokshaws will be displaced...' per Builder p1062
	12 December 1963 *		Completion	First 16-storey block of 'Bison' flats completed on Dec 12 [but reported in Builder 13/03/64, p567]

* earliest date known from documented sources.

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
	Archibald George Jury			1964
	Boswell, Mitchell & Johnston			1964 *

* earliest date known from documented sources.

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
	Pollokshaws CDA Unit 1
	Pollokshaws CDA Unit 2 housing, police station, library, schools	Shopping centre, police station, library, nursery and primary schools, and housing. Also (Campbell's Nomination Paper) public houses and service trades. Housing comprised 1500 dwellings in a mixutre of 16-23 storeys, low blocks of maisonettes (four-five storeys), and two-storey terrace houses. The site was developed generally from south to north, with later infill around the edges. The first development comprised one 20-storey, three 16-storey, two five-storey, and two-four storey blocks. From 1964, the height of the new towers was stepped up to 23 storeys, and the final multi-storey block (a 17-storey slab at the extreme south-west) was not finished until 1974. Tall blocks in this development were the first 'factory-made' flats in Scotland. Of Bison construction, they were the first large Bison contract in Scotland and were manufactured by Concrete Scotland Ltd in its Falkirk factory.

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	27 December 1957			p1148
	Builder	7 February 1958			'Pollokshaws Plan Approved,' p289
	Builder	19 December 1958			'£7m. Pollokshaws Scheme Approved' p1062
	Builder	13 March 1964			p567
	Official Architecture and Planning	March 1958