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Housing, Kildrum 3, Cumbernauld New Town: the children's play area

RIBA Ref No RIBA80931
Architect/DesignerCumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
Artist/PhotographerScott, Douglas
CountryUK: Scotland
CityCumbernauld
Subject Date1960
Image Date1970
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP219 Cumbernauld III
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectChildren's playgrounds ; Housing ; New towns
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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