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Town centre phase 1, Cumbernauld New Town: a litter box on an access deck to Galbraith's supermarket

RIBA Ref No RIBA23343
Architect/DesignerCumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
Artist/PhotographerToomey, Bill (1922-)
CountryUK: Scotland
CityCumbernauld
Subject Date1967
Image Date1968
ViewExterior
StyleBrutalist
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 219 Cumbernauld 1
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectSupermarkets ; New towns ; Town planning ; Street furniture ; Concrete ; Shopping centres
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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