Basic Site Details
| Name: | Tower Blocks, Niddrie House Drive |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | First high rise housing in Scotland to be demolished by explosives. 14 storey tower blocks constructed in the 1970s. Tenents formed the Hunters Hall Housing Cooperative, and chose to demolish these towers. Control Demoltion Group undertook the demolition contract. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Teviotbank and Tweedsmuir tower blocks | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Tower block | ||
| Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Niddrie House Drive | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1968 | Plans approved | Plans approved for two 15 storey blocks of 114 units | |
| 8 September 1991 | Destruction/demolition | ||
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 | |
| Hart Brothers | B | 1968(?) | Reference from Tower Block p367-8 Using Bison | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Wimpey Homes | |
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 | p325, p367-8 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Craigmillar Festival News | August 199 | Craigmillar Festival Scoiety | 'Flats set to fall' front page article | |