Basic Site Details Name: | Hutchesontown / Gorbals Area B multi-storey flats and housing | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Built on 9-acre site north of Ballater Street at cost of £1.5m, comprising 428 dwellings in four 17-storey towers and several lower blocks, plus garages, public house, and shop.
Laid out at angle to existing street grid, thus articulating rejection of old C19 city (and, more practically, allowing N-S alignment for maximum sunlight). At Paterson's suggestion, the towers had floodlights mounted on top (a first in Scotland), in an effort to encourage night-time social life. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Ballater Street | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1957 | | Proposed | | | 1958 | 1964 | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign and Construction
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis 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 |
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 | | | p582 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p20-22 p26 | | 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 | p169, p228, p368 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p518 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 27 May 1959 | | | | | Architect and Building News | 17 May 1961 | | | | | Architect and Building News | 18 August 1965 | | | | | Architects Journal | 15 April 1964 | | | | | Architectural Review | November 1967 | | | | | Builder | 19 February 1960 | | | p388 | | Builder | 8 May 1964 | | | p965-966 | | Concrete and Constructional Engineering | November 1963 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | 1958/684 | Dean of Guild Court |
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