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Town centre, Cumbernauld New Town: the approach from the south

RIBA Ref No RIBA4902
Architect/DesignerCopcutt, Geoffrey
Cumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
CountryUK: Scotland
CityCumbernauld
Subject Date1967
Image Date1960
ViewExterior
StyleBrutalist
MediumPhotoprint
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectShopping centres ; New towns ; Town planning ; Concrete ; 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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