Basic Site Details
| Name: | Sighthill Flats |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | 3 Storey Flats scheme by DHS and Minstry of Works |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
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 | |
| Department of Health for Scotland (Scottish Board of Health; later Scottish Development Department) | A | 1954 | 1957 | Architectural Section of DHS | |
| H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | A | 1954 | 1957(?) | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| 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 | p380 Gazetteer 2 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 30 July 1954 | p169-71 | ||
| Municipal Journal | 18 June 1957 | p60 | ||
| Surveyor | 8 May 1954 | p377-8 | ||
| Surveyor | 10 August 1957 | p833-5 | ||