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Hamilton, Almada Street, Lanark County Buildings

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County Building (20th Century), Office(S) (20th Century)

Site Name Hamilton, Almada Street, Lanark County Buildings

Classification County Building (20th Century), Office(S) (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Beckford Street; Clydesdale Street; Douglas Street

Canmore ID 173419

Site Number NS75NW 97

NGR NS 71471 55882

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173419

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Interior. View of W reception wing from N.
Interior. View of W reception wing from N.Interior. View of committee corridor on ground floor from S.Interior. Council chamber corridor, curved staircase, detail.View of West reception wing from South. Digital image of D 42262 CN.Interior. View of banqueting hall on ground floor from NE.Interior. Detail of ceiling in ground floor banqueting hall.Interior. Ground floor, banqueting hall, detail of vertical glazing.Interior. Ground floor, terrace reception, detail of inaugural plaque.Interior. Thirteenth floor, lobby outside lifts, view from N.Interior. Thirteenth floor, enquiries lobby, view from WInterior. Fifteenth floor, Horizons restaurant, view from E.View from South-East. View of council chamber from South. Detail of South facade.Detail of council chamber link.View of council chamber from South-East.Interior. View of banqueting hall on ground floor from SW.Interior. Detail of ceiling in banqueting hall.Interior. Detail of ceiling in ground floor banqueting hall.Interior. Ground floor, banqueting hall, ceiling, detail of spot lights.Interior. Upper level, terrace reception, detail of staircase.Interior. View of committee corridor on ground floor from SInterior. Council chamber, corridor, detail of North entrance.Interior. View of E entrance lobby from SW.Interior. Fifteenth floor, Horizons restaurant, view from E.View of north entrance staircase in the council chamber corridor, Lanark County Buildings, Hamilton General oblique aerial view centred on the racecourse with the town adjacent, taken from the S.View of council chamber from South-East.Interior. View of council chamber from SE.Interior. View of E entrance lobby from SW.Interior. View of E entrance lobby cum reception from W.View of banqueting hall on ground floor from NE. Interior. Council chamber, corridor, detail of North entrance.Interior. View of W reception wing from S.Interior. Detail of ceiling in ground floor banqueting hall.Interior. Ground floor, terrace reception,detail of inaugural plaque.Interior. Ground floor, committee room, engraved glass door, detailInterior. View of committee room 5 on ground floor from E.Interior. View of committee room 5 on ground floor from E.Interior. View of council chamber from S.View from North of Council chamber and link. Digital image of C 50527.Copy of photograph showing complex under construction. View from south.View from South.Interior. Ground floor, banqueting hall, W wall, detail of row of lights.Interior. View of terrace reception at ground floor from SWInterior. Terrace reception, detail of staircase.Interior. General view of council chamber corridor.View from South-East.Interior. View of W reception wing from N.Interior. W reception wing, curved ramp, detail.Interior. Ground floor, banqueting hall, W wall, detail of Emergency Exit sign and row of lights.Interior. View of council chamber from NInterior. View of council chamber from N.Interior. Thirteenth floor, enquiries lobby, view from W.Detail of Council chamber link. Digital image of C 50524 CN.View from South-South-West. General view of council chamber corridor. Digital image of D 42291 CN.View from south south west.Interior. View of council chamber from SE.Interior. View of council chamber from ENE.Interior. View of council chamber from ENE.Interior. Thirteenth floor, E staircase, detail.

Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Hamilton (South Lanarkshire)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Hamilton
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

NS75NW 97 71471 55882

ARCHITECT: D G Bannerman 1963

Occupies a 3.7 acre site bounded by Almada Street to south, Beckford Street to east, Clydesdale Street to north, and Douglas Street to west. Intended to house all the County Council's departments. Building begun August 1960. Consists of a 17-storey functionalist tower block of 200 feet linked to a three-storey traditional office block (1938) to NW, and to a circular Council Chamber in forecourt to SW. Main block provides 93,000 sq ft of office space; vertical circulation by means of six high-speed lifts. Features ceramic mosaic-clad gable walls. Council Chamber seats 120, plus 50 press and public; finished with precast concrete glazed screen on base of Broughton Moor slate. Estimated total cost: 1,300,000.

Architectural Prospect 1960; M Glendinning 1997

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Publication Account (1997)

A 17-storey, 200 ft. high adminstrative slab block, juxtaposed with a circular council chamber and other low buildings. An exemplary realisation of a particularly Modern building tpe, the monumental, curtain-walled administrative/governmental tower (as pioneered at the UN Headquarters in New York, and a Brasilia), and a noble civic 'acropolis' for urban Lanarkshire. Lavish materials and finish worthy of a great public building, including curtain walling and ceramic mosaic-clad gable walls. Listed (at Category A) by Historic Scotland, in November 1993. (Fig. 4.64).

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

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