Commission And Contract

Date 1963

Event ID 576339

Category Building History

Type Commission And Contract

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A development of three six-storey slab blocks with balcony access and one nine-storey slab block. The blocks constituted part of Temporary Housing Area II at Muirhouse. They were built as public housing by Edinburgh Borough Council. The six-storey blocks contain 75 dwellings in total. The nine-storey block contained 49 dwellings. Construction was approved by committee in 1963. The contractor for the development was Wimpey.

Glendinning and Methusius 1994