Treasured Places
Date 17 August 2007
Event ID 545983
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Treasured Places
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/545983
Built from the 1960s, Cumbernauld New Town accommodated 70,000 residents in dense low-rise housing and tower blocks. The Town Centre, a huge concrete 'megastructure', was designed to hold Cumbernauld's retail, administrative, cultural and recreational facilities on nine levels, accessed via an on-site bus station and a motorway running underneath. The bold architecture of the Town Centre received international acclaim.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 17 August 2007
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