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1962 establishments in Scotland1993 disasters in the United Kingdom1993 disestablishments in ScotlandBasil Spence buildingsBuildings and structures demolished in 1993
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Queen Elizabeth Flats before demolition 1
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Hutchesontown C was a Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) 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 Elizabeth Square, designed by Sir Basil Spence and containing 400 homes. Acclaimed by architects and modernists, the flats became riddled with damp and infestations, which could not be cured even with a major renovation in the late 1980s. They were demolished in 1993, with the demolition contractor using twice the amount of explosive necessary to destroy the building, killing a female spectator in the process.

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Old Rutherglen Road, Glasgow Gorbals

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