Basic Site Details
| Name: | Fair-A-Far Housing |
| Town, district or village: | Cramond |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Consisted of 136 houses and flats. Cost: £830,000. Saltire Housing Commendation, 1973. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1971 | 1973 | Build/construction | |
| 1973 | Won award or awards | Saltire Housing Commendation | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Kenneth Donald | A | 1971 | 1973 | Partner in charge with Philip Cocker | |
| Philip Cocker & Partners | A | 1971 | 1973 | ||
| Philip Stanley Cocker | A | 1971 | 1973 | Partner in charge with Kenneth Donald | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Link Housing Association | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p562 | ||
| RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | |||
| Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | p14-15 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Philip Cocker | Information sent via DSA website, November 2009 | And 2013 | |