The Scottish Brutalism research project aims to map, document and critically assess Brutalist architecture across the Strathclyde region of Scotland, UK.
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'#Brutalism in Strathclyde' by @scotbrut - pp.22–31 in @DocomomoScot MoMo World Scotland 2014: scotbrut.co.uk/article/momo-…
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Concrete Dreams: film release!
Prof Miles Glendinning takes us on a tour of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
Full film here -
concretedreams.org.uk/the-to…
#cumbernauld #brutalism #scotland #newtown
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Prof Miles Glendinning gives a tour of the condemned Cumbernauld Town Centre.
Trailer below.
The full film will be live next week via concretedreams.org.uk
with @Dialectographer @AlisonMIrvine
#Cumbernauld #Brutalism #towncentre #Scotland #embodiedcarbon #newtown
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Elliott House (former Volvo factory offices), Irvine. Any idea who the architects were @Joss_Durnan ?
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Colville Building, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; designed by Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners, built 1964-67
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Photo: Simon Phipps
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Braw Concrete - Glasgow walk - 5th November 2022. Wandering the streets of Glasgow to coincide with the publication of our latest book Braw Concrete.
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Concrete service announcement: on Saturday 5th November, I will be doing a walking tour for
@modernistmag in support of @PeterBRHalliday and Alan Stewart's wonderful new guide to Brutalism in Glasgow. the-modernist.org/products/b… @newglasgowsoc
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Experimental (but still surviving) block, Falkirk Royal Infirmary (now Falkirk Community Hospital). Keppie Henderson & Partners 1963-6
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Lothian and Borders Police Headquarters, Fettes Avenue; designed by Alan Reiach Eric Hall and Partners, built 1969-1971
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Photo: Simon Phipps
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A little tired, but undefeated. Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. Peter Womersley 1965-8
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Hudson Beare Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings; designed by Robert Gardner-Medwin in association with Kingham Knight Associates, built 1961-62
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Photo: Simon Phipps
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#MomentsofBeauty in #Glasgow with this wonderful slice of brutalism by Richard Seifert & Partners, 1972: one of the substantial remnants of the Anderston Centre, comprising offices and bus station.
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Nuffield Transplantation Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; designed by Peter Womersley, built 1963-68
Photo: Simon Phipps
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Cumbernauld Town Centre has been put forward for listing! You can read the case here. I suspect there's more to say in addition, but it's great that it will now be properly considered by @HistEnvScot.
@DocomomoScot @C20Society @docomomouk
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Totally forgot I'd written a few not-very-insightful lines about Cumbernauld Town Centre for a thing a while ago. web.archive.org/web/20150906…
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This is Brutalism, right? Maybe I’m just old and wrong but it doesn’t seem to get much traction. Why not?
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I'm looking for someone who like brutalist architecture and wants to write a defence of Cumbernauld town centre ....please help me in my search!
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The roof at the Gala Fairydean Rovers stand is free. It’s not looked like this since the 80’s. #peterwomersley #galafairydeanrovers
