Housing, Queen Elizabeth Square, Hutchesontown C, Gorbals, Glasgow: concrete pylons
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA3450-59 |
| Architect/Designer | Sir Basil Spence Glover & Ferguson
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| Artist/Photographer | Snoek, Henk (1915-1980)
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| Country | UK: Scotland |
| City | Glasgow |
| Subject Date | 1965 |
| Image Date | 1965 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Brutalist |
| Medium | Negative |
| Library Reference | S65 4359 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
Henk Snoek / RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
Hutchesontown C was the name given to a so-called Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) of an area of the city of Glasgow, designed by Basil Spence in 1960-1965. The design of the central 20-storey block was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation, Marseille. It was demolished in 1993.
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Subject tags
skyscrapers, flats, housing, concrete, riverside buildings, Brutalism: Expression of Structure