Town centre, Cumbernauld New Town: the approach from the south
Architect/Designer | Copcutt, Geoffrey |
| Cumbernauld Development Corporation |
| Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006) |
| Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985) |
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Country | UK: Scotland |
City | Cumbernauld |
Subject Date | 1967 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Brutalist |
Medium | Photoprint |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Shopping 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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