Basic Site Details

Name: Housing, Murray 1st Development
Town, district or village: East Kilbride
City or county: Lanarkshire
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Housing  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 2 1952Build/construction 
Item 2 of 228 August 1953 * Won award or awardsSaltire Society Award for Good Housing Design, 1952

* earliest date known from documented sources.


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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 3Donald Paterson Reay   1952Named as responsible for design as former Chief Architect to East Kilbride Development Corp (per RIAS Journal p11)
Item 2 of 3East Kilbride Development Corporation A 1952 
Item 3 of 3Francis Clunie Scott A 1952As Chief Architect

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A1996A History of Scottish Architecture  p565
Item 2 of 2Glendinning, Miles1997Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75  Tuckwell Press Ltdp13

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Builder28 August 1953  p306
Item 2 of 2Journal (of the) RIASNovember 1953  p11-13 - 'The Saltire Society Award for Good Housing Design, 1952'