LOCATION: Platthorn Drive, East Kilbride, Scotland [55.7629°N, 4.1682°W] ARCHITECT: Gillespie, Kidd & Coia DATES: 1957-1964 NOTES: Grade A listed (1994), RIBA Bronze Medal Located just a few miles southwest of Glasgow, St Bride’s Roman Catholic Church is one of Scotland’s better known examples of Brutalist […]
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IN TRANSIT __ Edinburgh to Glasgow
Zooming through the Scottish Countryside at dusk.

ST JAMES SHOPPING CENTRE | Edinburgh
LOCATION: Edinburgh, Scotland ARCHITECT: Ian Burke & Martin (1964 Competition Entry); Elements completed by Hugh Martin & Partners following Ian Burke’s death DATES: 1964-1973 NOTES: Currently under redevelopment, with proposed demolition in 2018 For such an expansive building, it was surprisingly tucked away. I came upon […]

EDINBURGH
And so it begins… While London was to be the main focus of the UK leg of my trip, I stumbled upon University of Strathclyde student Ross Brown’s impressive website chronicling his Master’s research project Scottish Brutalism and on a bit of a whim decided to […]