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Town centre, Cumbernauld New Town

RIBA Ref No RIBA15335
Architect/DesignerCumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
Artist/PhotographerDonat, John (1933-2004)
CountryUK: Scotland
CityCumbernauld
Subject Date1967
Image Date1967
ViewExterior
StyleBrutalist
Medium35mm Transparency
Library ReferenceDonat 1967
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditJohn Donat / RIBA Collections
SubjectNew towns ; Concrete ; Roads ; Housing
NOTES: Created as a population overspill for Glasgow City, Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955. Leslie Hugh Wilson was the first Chief Architect to the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC) which oversaw the development, promotion and management of the New Town until 1996. He was succeeded in 1962 by Dudley Roberts Leaker.
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