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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1958-1964 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWylie, Shanks & Underwooden_US
dc.date1958-1964en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T14:45:24Z
dc.date.available2013-10-03T14:45:24Z
dc.date.issued1958-1964en_US
dc.identifier237068en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2590en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144819
dc.descriptionDetail, pilotis at North Hanover St. entrance; 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.mediumglass; steel; Travertine marble; concrete; black vitroliteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleGlasgow College of Building and Printingen_US
dc.title.alternativeCity of Glasgow College; North Hanover Street Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativeStow College of Building and Printingen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-SC-G-CGC-A5en_US
vra.culturalContextBritish Scottish (Scots)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecollegeen_US
vra.worktypeskyscraperen_US
dc.contributor.displayWylie, Shanks & Underwood (Scottish (Scots) architectural firm, 1956-1960)en_US


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