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Entrance to a pedestrian underpass linking the town centre to the housing area, Cumbernauld New Town

RIBA Ref No RIBA50762
Architect/DesignerCumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
Artist/PhotographerDe Wolfe, Ivy
CountryUK: Scotland
CityCumbernauld
Subject Date1962
Image Date1962
ViewExterior
StyleBrutalist
MediumPhotoprint
Library Reference33717/17 (IDW A15/62)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectEntrances ; Walls ; New towns ; Brickwork
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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