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Glasgow College of Building and Printing

Wylie, Shanks & Underwood
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Alternative Titles
City of Glasgow College; North Hanover Street Building
Stow College of Building and Printing
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144818
Date
1958-1964
Description
Detail, view of sculptural rooftop gymnasium and building plant; 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)
Type of Work
college; skyscraper
Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), Education, Twentieth century
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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