DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments

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DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments is a list of 60 notable post-war buildings in Scotland, compiled in 1993 by the international architectural conservation organisation DoCoMoMo.

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The buildings date from the period 1945–1970, and were selected by a panel as being significant examples of architectural style, building materials and location. The purpose was in part to raise the profile of post-war architecture, and to "demonstrate that architecture, as an art, flourished during those years". [1] The list was the basis for an exhibition at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, aimed at introducing some of these buildings as "heritage". The predominant view of post-war architecture, and of many modernist buildings in particular, was not favourable in the UK at the time, and the list was intended to inform the statutory listing of significant works. [1] Some of the buildings, for example Notre Dame High School, had already been listed by Historic Scotland before the DoCoMoMo list was compiled, [2] and several more have been designated since, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance". [3]

The list includes a wide range of structures, from large industrial plants, to small private houses, and covers the diversity of building types that were constructed during the period. Not all the buildings have survived: two of the most prominent casualties have been Basil Spence's Hutchesontown C complex in Glasgow, demolished in 1993, and Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St. Peter's Seminary in Cardross, which has been derelict since the late 1980s.

List

BuildingLocationDateArchitectNotes
Anderston Centre Industrial Zone Glasgow 1969Jack Holmes and Partners
Andrew Melville Hall of Residence, University of St Andrews St Andrews 1967 James Stirling Category A listed [4]
Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of Dundee Dundee 1961 Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners Category B listed [5]
Avisfield Cramond, Edinburgh 1957 Morris and Steedman Category B listed [6]
Bernat Klein House and Studio Scottish Borders 1957 (house) 1972 (studio) Peter Womersley Both buildings Category A listed [7] [8]
Chessel's Court redevelopment Royal Mile, Edinburgh1966Robert HurdCategory A/B listed [9] [10] [11]
Crathie Drive DevelopmentGlasgow1952Ronald Bradbury
Cumbernauld New Town original housing areas (Kildrum, Park, Carbrain, Ravenswood, Seafar, Muirhead) North Lanarkshire 1974Cumbernauld Development Corporation and others
Cumbernauld Town Centre Phase 1Cumbernauld1967Geoffrey CopcuttPartly demolished
Dollan Baths East Kilbride 1968A Buchanan CampbellCategory A listed [12]
Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment Highland 1958R S BrocklesbyCurrently being decommissioned
Dysart redevelopment (Phases 1–3) Fife 1971Wheeler and Sproson
Eaglais Mathair nan Dorainn (Church of Our Lady of Sorrows)Gearraidh na Monadh, South Uist 1965Richard J McCarronCategory B listed [13]
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, Ward Unit and Operating Theatre Suite Falkirk 1966Keppie, Henderson and Partners
Fishermen's Houses Dunbar, East Lothian 1952 Basil Spence
Forth Road Bridge and Control Building Firth of Forth 1964Sir Giles Scott, Son and Partners, with Mott, Hay and Anderson (engineers)Category A listed [14]
Gallowgate redevelopment Aberdeen 1966G McI Keith, City Architect
Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West FlanksGlasgow1971 Scott Wilson Kilpatrick (engineers), W HolfordNow part of the M8 motorway
Glasgow University Library and Hunterian Art Gallery Glasgow1965William Whitfield
Gray's School of Art Aberdeen1968D Michael A Shewan
Heddell's Park and Annsbrae Housing Scheme Lerwick, Shetland 1959Richard Moira and B L C Moira
Heron HouseGlasgow1971Derek Stephenson and PartnersConverted into The Pinnacle residential building in 2001
Hunterston A nuclear power station North Ayrshire 1964 General Electric Company / Simon-Carves Ltd (design consortium) / Howard V Lobb and Partners (consulting architects)
Hutchesontown Area 'C' Gorbals, Glasgow1966 Basil Spence Demolished 12 September 1993
Kildrum Primary SchoolCumbernauld1962 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia fire-damaged and subsequently demolished
Kincardine Power Station Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife1963 Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners Demolished
Kirkcaldy Town House Kirkcaldy, Fife1956David CarrCategory B listed, [15] designed in the 1930s but not built until after WW2
Lanark County Buildings (now South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters) Hamilton 1964D G BannermanCategory A listed [16]
Leith Fort development Leith, Edinburgh1966Shaw-Stewart, Baikie and PerryDemolished 2012–2013
Awe Hydro-Electric Project (Ben Cruachan Section) Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute 1965J Williamson (engineer)
Lourdes Secondary School Glasgow1957Thomas Cordiner
Meadowside Granary ExtensionGlasgow1967Clyde Navigation Trust / L G Mouchel and PartnersDemolished
Monktonhall Colliery Newcraighall, East Lothian1965Egon RissDemolished
Moredun temporary housing area Moredun, Edinburgh1949J A W Grant / City Architect / Sam Bunton
Mortonhall Crematorium Mortonhall, Edinburgh1967 Basil Spence Category A listed [17]
National Library of Scotland Edinburgh1955 Reginald Fairlie Category A listed, [18] construction began in the 1930s, but not completed until after WW2
New Club Princes Street, Edinburgh1969Alan ReiachCategory A listed [19]
Notre Dame High School Glasgow1953Thomas CordinerCategory A listed, [2] designed before the war
Paisley Civic Centre Paisley, Renfrewshire 1971Hutchison Locke and Monck
Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling Stirling1967 Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners Category A listed [20]
Plant Houses, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh1967George PearceCategory A listed [21]
Pollock Halls of Residence Edinburgh1959Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulCategory A listed [22]
Ravenscraig steelworks Motherwell 1957Colvilles/British Steel Corporation Demolished 1993
Red Road developmentGlasgow1969Sam Bunton and AssociatesDemolished 2015
Robert the Bruce statue and rotunda Bannockburn, Stirling 1964Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (sculptor)Category A listed [23]
Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh1970 Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners Category A listed [24]
St. Bride's Church East Kilbride1964 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Category A listed, [25] campanile demolished 1987
St. Lawrence's Church Greenock 1954 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Category A listed [26]
St. Paul's Church Glenrothes, Fife1957 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Category A listed [27]
St. Peter's College Cardross, Argyll and Bute 1966 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Category A listed, [28] currently derelict
St. Peter's Street redevelopment Peterhead, Aberdeenshire1971Baxter, Clark and PaulDemolished
St. Teresa's ChurchGlasgow1960Alexander McAnally and PartnersCategory B listed [29]
Scottish Provident Institution St Andrew Square, Edinburgh 1969Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulDemolished in July 2014 [30]
Sighthill Health Centre Sighthill, Edinburgh 1953Robert Gardner-Medwin
Smithycroft Road Secondary SchoolGlasgow1967A G JuryDemolished
Stow College of Building and Printing and Stow College of Distributive TradesGlasgow1964Wylie, Shanks and UnderwoodBoth Category B listed [31] [32]
Turnhouse Airport Terminal Edinburgh Airport 1956 Robert Matthew Demolished in 1995
University of Edinburgh redevelopment George Square, Edinburgh 1967 Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall, Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, and Reiach, Hall and Partners
Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital Edinburgh1963 Peter Womersley
Vale of Leven Hospital Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire 1955Keppie, Henderson and Partners

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