Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Housing

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Prospecthill Circus		Toryglen North

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	April 1962		Plans approved
	1963	1969	Build/construction
	August 1963			'[Work] is to be undertaken in two phases, work on the construction of the first phase to be carred out by our Construction Company, commencing in April next year with H. McGuinness as Project Manager. This phase will comprise one 24-storey block, one 23-storey block, one 22-storey block, and 11 three-, four- and five-storey blocks of flats and maisonettes. These blocks will provide dwellings for 3,200 people and the work will be worth about 2.75m (per Laing Magazine 8/1963)'.
	22 May 1964 *		Proposed	£3.25m development, with first phase of 785 houses in 20- and 11-storey blocks, 83 garages, open parking spaces, and playing grounds
	22 May 1964			Laing in negotiation with Corporation for Phase I

* 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.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	John Laing Construction Ltd			1963 *	1969	Architect and builder for the scheme in association with A G Jury and Glasgow Corp
	Archibald George Jury		A	1963	1969	As City Architect and Director of Planning
	Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation)		A	1963	1969	With A G Jury as City Architect and Director of Planning

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Glasgow Corporation

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	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	p235; p236 Photograph

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	22 May 1964			p1104
	Interbuild	September 1963			p24
	Laing Magazine	August 1963