Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cumbernauld Civic Centre |
| Town, district or village: | Cumbernauld |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Municipal building | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1955 | 1966 | Build/construction | |
| 1989 | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | Competition win - to revamp buildings, relocation of the bar and reseating the studio. Not executed. | |
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 | |
| Leslie Hugh Wilson (known as Hugh Wilson) | A | 1957 | 1958 | As Chief Architect to Cumbernauld Development Corporation until 1958? | |
| Geoffrey Copcutt | A | 1958 | 1963 | As chief architect Cumbernauld Development Corporation | |
| William ('Bill') Gillespie | A | 1958 | 1962 | Worked in collaboration with Geoffrey Copcutt | |
| Robert ('Bob') Iain Stewart Anderson | C | 1989 | Won compeition for renovation (?)- not executed | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p30-1 p49 Photograph of Town Centre p84-5 Aerial of model of Town Centre | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Bob Anderson | Information to Yvonne Hillyard in interview, June 2011 | ||
| Courtesy of William Gillespie | Interview of William Gillespie by Jessica Taylor, 2 February 2009 at ECA | ||