dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1958-1964 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | Wylie, Shanks & Underwood | en_US |
dc.date | 1958-1964 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-03T14:45:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-03T14:45:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1958-1964 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 237065 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2590 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144816 | |
dc.description | Context view from North Hanover St., looking north; City of Glasgow College was created from the 2009 merger of three Glasgow colleges, and currently uses the building. At the start of the 1960s the Glasgow Corporation commissioned a new home for the College of Building at North Hanover Street. The new building was one of the first commercial high rise structures in Glasgow and took four years to build. It was officially opened in 1964 by Harold Wilson, who later went on to become UK Prime Minister. By Wylie, Shanks & Underwood, 1958-1964; with podium/millennium block by Wylie, Shanks & Partners 1969. The building is a 13-storey with rooftop plant, 24-bay, hexagonal-plan, flat-roofed, horizontally-proportioned tower block with Le Corbusier style elements of pilotis, sculptural rooftop gymnasium and plant. A historical listed building since 2002. Source: Urban Glasgow Collection [website]; http://urbanglasgow.co.uk/ (accessed 7/7/2012) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | glass; steel; Travertine marble; concrete; black vitrolite | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
dc.title | Glasgow College of Building and Printing | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | City of Glasgow College; North Hanover Street Building | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Stow College of Building and Printing | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-SC-G-CGC-A2 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | British Scottish (Scots) | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
vra.worktype | college | en_US |
vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | Wylie, Shanks & Underwood (Scottish (Scots) architectural firm, 1956-1960) | en_US |