Basic Biographical Details Name: | Crudens Ltd | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Crudens Ltd was based in Musselburgh from the 1960s. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Olive Bank, Musselburgh, Scotland | Business | 25 March 1966 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils* earliest date known from documented sources.
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | | 2 tower blocks, Whitfield Housing Scheme | | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as Chief Architect | | | 337 Houses, Peat Rd | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | | 977 dwellings, Whitfield Housing Scheme (Industrialised Phase II) | | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as Chief Architect | | | Dunsyre House, Wester Hailes | | | Edinburgh | | Designed and built by Crudens | | (?) | Glencairn Street/ Macdonald Street Redevelopment | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | | Six tower blocks, Ardler Housing Scheme | | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as Chief Architect | | | Two tower blocks, Foggyley Housing (second development) | Lochee | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1959 | Gracemount Housing Estate | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | In association with the City Architect's Department | | 1960 | Five tower blocks, Gowrie Court, Hillside Court, Glamis Court, Ninewells Court and Balgay Court | Ninewells | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as chief architect | | 1960 | Two tower blocks, Burnside Court and Ancrum Court, Whorterbank CDA (first development) | | | Dundee | Scotland | Architect and contractor. With Bowie as chief architect. | | 1961 | Scheme to replace prefabs | Greendykes, Niddrie | | Edinburgh, Midlothian | Scotland | | | 1962 | Lansdowne Housing Scheme (phase 2) | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1962 | Pitalpin Court and Lansdowne Court tower blocks | Lochee | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as chief architect | | 1963 | 5 tower blocks, Menzieshill Housing Scheme (9th developement) | | | Dundee | Scotland | Architect and contractor | | 1963 | Cranhill Housing Scheme Extension | Cranhill | | Glasgow | Scotland | With Bowie as in-house architect. Designed and built as package deal with in-situ structural concrete work by Truscon. | | 1963 | Sighthill Housing | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1964 | Flats, Launderette, and Garages, Greenhill Road | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 5 June 1964 | Housing, Clydebank (Phase I) | Clydebank | | West Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Awarded contract for development | | 28 August 1964 | Ninewells Hospital and Medical School | | | Dundee | Scotland | Work has begun on £10.5m, 700-bed teaching hospital and medical school | | 1965 | 15-storey Blocks of Flats for Burgh Council, Callendar Estate | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1965 | Lochies School | Sauchie | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1965 | Merry Street Development | Motherwell & Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Housing Development, Rhu | Rhu | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Sighthill Temporary Housing Area III | Wester Hailes | | | | | | 6 May 1966 | Shopping Centre, Clydebank | Clydebank | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 6 May 1966 | Whitecrook Sports Pavilion, Changing Facilities | Clydebank | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 15 July 1966 | 600 Houses for Burgh Council | Dumbarton | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 15 October 1966 | Assembley Shop, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria | Alexandria | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 28 October 1966 | Housing Redevelopment Scheme, Sighthill | Sighthill | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1967 | 1,470 dwellings, Whitfield Housing Scheme (Industrialised Phase I) | | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as Chief Architect | | 1967 | 168 flats, Whitfield Housing Scheme | | | Dundee | Scotland | With George Bowie as Chief Architect | | 1967 | Multi-storey block of dwellings, Duke Street | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Seventy-seven SSHA houses | Dumbarton | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Tower blocks, Broomloan Road | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1968 | Claremont Primary School | Alloa | | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | Designed and built by Crudens | | 1968 | Cobbinshaw House, Wester Hailes | | | Edinburgh | | Designed and built by Crudens | | 1968 | Commonwealth Games Sports Stadium | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1968 | Medwin House, Wester Hailes | | | Edinburgh | | Designed and built by Crudens | | 16 February 1968 | Housing, Sewers and Roads, Easter Pitcorthie | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | 45 houses, sewers and roads | | 1969 | Westburn Gardens | Wester Hailes | | | | | | 1970 | Laurieston-Gorbals Core Development Area | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1970 | Meadowbank Sports Centre | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1970 | Wester Hailes Park & Drive | Wester Hailes | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1985 | Easterhouse Unit 7 | Rogerfield, Easterhouse | | Glasgow | Scotland | Rehabilitation of 2-10 Lochdochart Road, providing 30 houses comprising three apartment/two bedroom accommodation at a cost of £450,000. | | Before 1962 | Napier Technical College | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p23 Ardler Estate p42, p64 Wester Hailes, Contract 5 p55 Sighthill, Glasgow | | Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p75 Parkhead Street, Motherwell p230 Cranhill Extension: Photograph of model and text p230; p231 Sighthill, Glasgow: Photograph p241 Ardler p242, p243 Whitfield p316 image of Wester Hailes Contract 5 p381, Gazetteer 2 p202, p367: Gracemount p208, p368 Broomloan Road | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | Whitfield Housing Scheme - View from north west during construction showing hexagonal plan of site (1971) p62 Perspective of proposed blocks (1967) p62 Phase 1 - demolition of the deck block in progress (1990) p62 | | Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | | | p92-5 Ninewells Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 24 April 1953 | | | p637 - illustrated feature on Cruden's 'Scotia' house | | Builder | 5 June 1964 | | | p1212 | | Builder | 16 October 1964 | | | p857 | | Building | 13 October 1967 | | | p215 | | Building | 16 February 1968 | | | p242 | | Interbuild | April 1963 | | | p11 Sighthill, Glasgow | | Official Architecture and Planning | February 1963 | | | p116-7 Cranhill Extension | | Surveyor | 23 March 1963 | | | p337-8 Sighthill, Glasgow |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | North Lanarkshire County Archive, Cumbernauld | Motherwell Dean of Guild Records | | Architectural plans for Merry Street Development dated 1965, approval by Dean of Guild Court of the Burgh of Motherwell & Wishaw stamped 1964. |
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