Basic Site Details

Name: Cumbernauld New Town
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 1Urban planning  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 315 December 1961 Contract offeredDunbarton CC roadworks in the new town, work includes clearance of 25 acres, excavation and disposal of up to 275,000 cubic yds of material, surface water drainage, construction of 51,000 lin yds of carriageway and a 40-ft span concrete bridge and 5 further 150-ft bridges per Builder p1167
Item 2 of 3May 1967 Won award or awardsNew town won American award for community architecture by Reynolds Metal Company of Virginia of $25,000.
Item 3 of 31969 Won award or awardsDirector of research at the Welsh School of Architecture , Alan Lipman, awarded the first Cumbernauld Research Award in Urban Design by RIBA. The £2,000 award was to enable a case study in Wales that could inform practical urban planning decisions in Cumbernauld.

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 2Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation  15 December 1961 accepting roadworks contract applications by 18 Dec per Builder p1167
Item 2 of 2Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation  1967  

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
 Building NameNotes
Item 1 of 10Abronhill Spine Road 
Item 2 of 10Carbrain 1 and 2 housing 
Item 3 of 10Carbrain 13 and 14 Housing 
Item 4 of 10Carbrain 3 and 4 Housing 
Item 5 of 10Carbrain 6 housing 
Item 6 of 10Muirhead III Housing 
Item 7 of 10Ravenswood 1 Housing'Building' refers to 294 houses, 167 flats and maisonettes, 381 garages, shop and community room - £1.5 million; uncertain whether this is just Ravenswood 1 or all Ravenswood schemes.
Item 8 of 10Ravenswood 10 Housing461 Dwellings, 381 garages and a community room.
Item 9 of 10Ravenswood 5 Housing 
Item 10 of 10Seafar 2 Housing 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 3Glendinning, Miles1997Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75  Tuckwell Press Ltdppix, 9, 30-1, 34-5, 60, 84-92, 114-5, 132, 170-2, 187
pp30-2, 39, 49, 84-92, 171-2, 185 Town Cente
Item 2 of 3Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan1994Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Yale University Press: New Haven and London 
Item 3 of 3Keating, M1986The Designation of Cumbernauld New Town   

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 23Architect and Building News5 December 1962  p824
Item 2 of 23Architects Journal5 December 1962  p1248, p1279-88
Item 3 of 23Architects Journal8 January 1964  p65-6
Item 4 of 23Architects Journal31 January 1968  p293-310
Item 5 of 23Architectural DesignJanuary 1962  p20
Item 6 of 23Architectural ReviewJanuary 1964  p14-15
Item 7 of 23Architectural ReviewFebruary 1964  p93-9
Item 8 of 23Builder15 December 1961  p1167
Item 9 of 23Builder3 January 1964  p29-30 - article titled, 'Competitive Negotiation: Experience at Cumbernauld New Town'
Item 10 of 23Builder15 May 1964  p1017 - RIBA visit to Cumbernauld, with critical comments on progress so far
Item 11 of 23Builder15 May 1964  p1048 - report on progress so far
Item 12 of 23Building12 May 1967  p107
Item 13 of 23Building16 June 1967  "Cumbernauld on TV" p127
Item 14 of 23Building4 October 1968  p83
Item 15 of 23BuildingFebruary 1969  Exact date and page number not evident.
Item 16 of 23Housing Review7 August 1963  p120-3
Item 17 of 23InterbuildJuly 1965  p32-5
Item 18 of 23Journal of the (Royal) Town Planning InstituteMay 1964  p195-200
Item 19 of 23Municipal Journal5 April 1963  p982-4
Item 20 of 23RIBA JournalMay 1964 London: Royal Institute of British Architectsp191-206
Item 21 of 23Surveyor3 July 1965  p33-6
Item 22 of 23The Architects' Yearbook1962Vol.10 p99-103
Item 23 of 23The Architects' Yearbook1965Vol.11 p231-64