Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Urban planning
	COMMERCIAL
	Shopping centre
	Office

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1954		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun
	1956		Build/construction	Construction of Blocks A and B (29 shop units) began in Autumn 1956 (built by Ravenseft Properties Ltd)
	1958		Completion	Block A completed
	May 1959		Completion	Block B completed and opened
	November 1961		Build/construction	Ravenseft Properties Ltd to carry out £600,000 extension of shopping centre including a department store, two supermarkets, showrooms and shops; work to start in December 1961 and is estimated to finish late in 1962 per Builder 10 Nov 1961 p906
	June 1961		Build/construction	Ravenseft Properties Ltd to start 24-shop development in the centre of East Kilbride per Builder p1126
	1965		Completion	Two blocks of shops and offices (Edinburgh House and Strathmore House) completed in Princes Square (financed by Development Corporation)
	18 February 1966		Scheme accepted	by burgh council for 1st phase of new town centre costing £788,000 and providing 7432 square metres of covered and air-conditioned shopping facilities
	1967		Completion	Alexandra Arcade (luxury shopping arcade)
	1968		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Construction of phase 1 of new town centre to begin in 1968 (not begun as of 31 May 1968). Plans for phase 1 include £3m shopping and commercial centre with multi-storey office blocks and decked car park.
	Mid 1960s		Completion	Block C (Ravenseft Properties Ltd) and Norfolk House (office tower block with 16 shops under by Norwich Insurance Co) completed by mid-1960s

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
	East Kilbride Development Corporation		A	1954
	Francis Clunie Scott		A	1954		As Chief Architect

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			p566
	R Smith	1979	East Kilbride: the biography of a Scottish new town, 1947-1973		Department of the Environment Building Research Establishment	pp128-130

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	10 November 1961			p906
	Builder	18 February 1966			p.376
	Building	24 February 1967			p83 [images of the town centre]
	Building	31 May 1968			p135