Basic Site Details Name: | Demonstration Housing Project, Experimental Maisonettes and Houses, Muirhouse | Town, district or village: | Muirhouse | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | three different house types: two four-storey blocks each containing 12 maisonettes designed for families with young children, and two small groups of houses for older single people or older couples | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Pennywell Gardens | | | | Pennywell Medway | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1956 | | Build/construction | | | 22 February 1957 | | Opened | 'A demonstration scheme of new houses is to be opened at Muirhouse, Edinburgh, today by Mr. J. Nixon Brown, MP, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. The scheme is intended to make a break with 'subtopia' and point the way to new housing developments in Scotland. The scheme consists principally of maisonettes and small groups of houses for old people.' per Builder 22 Feb 1957, p391 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | p564 | | 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 | p380 Gazetteer 2 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 3 July 1957 | | | p356-7 | | Architectural Design | April 1957 | | | p145 | | Builder | 22 February 1957 | | | p391 (CHECK - see note under 'Events') | | Builder | 14 June 1957 | | | pp1078-1079 - article, including images: photo from the SE and garden layout, p1078; plans of single person house, two person house and maisonette, photo from the south, sections and details, p1079 | | Municipal Journal | 22 March 1957 | | | p645-50 | | Official Architecture and Planning | December 1957 | | | p175-9 |
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