View from South-East.

Description View from South-East.

Date 19/5/1995

Catalogue Number SC 716158

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 50517

Scope and Content Lanark County Buildings from the south-east, Almada Street, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Lanark County Buildings were built 1960-4 to designs by the County Architect's Office of Lanark County Council, under the guidance of City Architect, David Gordon Bannerman. They consist of a 17-storeyed office block with a two-storeyed block below linked to a circular Council chamber. This civic headquarters complex is set within a paved entrance 'plaza' with flagpoles, lawns, fountains and pools. This shows the tower block which contains offices and a restaurant for staff and visitors on the 15th floor. The large 'curtain wall' is glazed with purple tinted glass contrasting with white ceramic mosaic details on the side walls. A ramp and a bridge with pools and fountains below allow access at first-floor level. This group of buildings are built in the International Modern style of architecture. Comparisons have been made between this important civic building and the larger United Nations Headquarters building in New York, and the Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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