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

RIBA Ref No RIBA23343

Architect/Designer	Cumbernauld Development Corporation
	Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
	Wilson, Sir Leslie Hugh (1913-1985)
Artist/Photographer	Toomey, Bill (1922-)
Country	UK: Scotland
City	Cumbernauld
Subject Date	1967
Image Date	1968
View	Exterior
Style	Brutalist
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP Box 219 Cumbernauld 1
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Supermarkets ; 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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