Copy of photograph showing complex under construction.

Description Copy of photograph showing complex under construction.

Date 21/12/1998

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 716162

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 42310

Scope and Content Aerial view showing Lanark County Buildings under construction, 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 aerial view shows the huge scale of this construction project, as the new office block towers over the rest of the buildings in Hamilton, its Modern style in marked contrast to the mainly 19th-century buildings in the surrounding area. The drum-like shape of the circular Council chamber can be seen to the right of the tower as it nears completion. 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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