Publication Account

Date 1997

Event ID 1019367

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019367

The most immaculate and refined realisation of those quintessentially Moden forms of urban housing - tall blocks set in open, geometrical layouts - are to be found in Aberdeen. In the City's redevelopment areas, dramaitc slabs and towers in superbly finished concrete, with gable-end rubble panelling, rear up from the midst of dense landscaping. Provided from the beginning with generous facilities, including ground-floor launderettes, Aberdeen's multi-storey flats, like all its municipal assets, have been maintained with scrupulous care, and have always attracted long waiting lists. (Fig. 4.11).

Information from 'Rebuilding Scotland: The Post-War Vision, 1945-75', (1997).