Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cranhill Housing Scheme Extension |
| Town, district or village: | Cranhill |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Infill development of three 19-storey tower blocks and five five-storey blocks (containing 459 houses in total) on empty ground to the north of orginal Cranhill Housing Scheme (north of Bellrock Crescent and Fasthill Street on a former dumping ground for chemical waste). |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 29 December 1962 | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | Per Glasgow Herald | |
| 1963 | 1966 | Build/construction | |
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 | |
| Archibald George Jury | A | ||||
| Crudens Ltd | A | 1963 | 1966 | With Bowie as in-house architect. Designed and built as package deal with in-situ structural concrete work by Truscon. | |
| George Bowie | A | 1963 | 1966 | As in-house architect for Crudens | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Glasgow Corporation | |
Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Parent Structure and Site
| This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | ||
| Building name | Notes | |
| Cranhill Housing Scheme | Cranhill Housing Scheme was devoted to low-rise non-traditional housing types. It contained nearly 2600 dwellings comprising 160 P1/2/3 two-storey foamslag flats; hundreds of proprietary Atholl, Blackburn, and Orlit houses; small numbers of terrace houses; old/single people's houses; and nearly 1700 dwellings in four-storey tenements. |
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 | p230 Photograph of model and text p381, Gazetteer 2 | |
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | p440 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glasgow Herald | 29 December 1962 | 'Derelict wasteland as housing site' | ||
| Official Architecture and Planning | February 1963 | p116-7 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | GCA DG 1963/190 | |