Basic Site Details Name: | Turnhouse Airport | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Airport terminal scheme approved by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Scottish Division Aug 1953. Cost £85,000 including apron, roadways and car park
See separate entry for new Edinburgh Airport
Robert Matthew terminal demolished 1995 | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Airport | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 24 October 1952 * | | Proposed | Proposal approved for new terminal building, to be used solely for civil aviation purposes. | | 8 December 1952 * | | Project commissioned | Robert Matthew accepted commission to prepare designs for proposed new civil terminal building. | | 1953 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | | | 1954 | 1956 | Build/construction | Supervised by Dunbar-Nasmith and Brown. | | 12 April 1956 | | Opened | Terminal opened by Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport. | | 1957 | | Won award or awards | Edinburgh Architectural Association's Centenary Bronze Award for art and architecture. | | 24 April 1959 | | Proposed | 'Extension of airport terminal building and apron. Est. cost £180,000.' per Builder p795 | | 1960s | | Addition | | | 1976 | | Build/construction | Police Station, Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh. Cost £80,000. Other Buildings Commissioned by Public Bodies (Information from NMRS) | | 1995 | | Destruction/demolition | Matthew's Terminal demolished |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Scottish Aerodrome Board | 1952, new terminal |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p136 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p18-19, p165 | | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | p159-162 (includes drawings, plans and photographs) | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | | | p7-8, p15-p16 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architectural Design | August 1953 | | | p236 - with perspective | | Architectural Design | October 1956 | | | p330 - with photos and plan | | Builder | 5 December 1952 | | | p852 | | Builder | 31 July 1953 | | | p188 | | Builder | 24 April 1959 | | | p795 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Scottish Survey of Architectural Practices Project MS material | | |
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