Basil Spence
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Sir Basil Urwin Spence, was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Mo
Basil Spence
Southside Garage in the art deco style
Coventry Cathedral (1956–1962)
The New Zealand Parliament's executive wing, the Beehive
Hutchesontown C
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Hutchesontown C was a Comprehensive Development Area of an area of Hutchesontown, a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Its centrepiece were two Brutalist 20-storey slab blocks at 16-32 Queen E
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…commissions, for the British Embassy in Rome (completed 1971), and for the Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks in London (completed 1970). He designed the high-rise Hutchesontown C social housing in Glasgow. These replaced notorious slum tenements in the Gorbals area of the city. A dense concentration of social deprivation in the…
Queen Elizabeth Flats before demolition 1
16-32 Queen Elizabeth Square, moments before demolition
Queen Elizabeth Flats in 1993
Demolition of 16-32 Queen Elizabeth Square