DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments
# DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments

DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments is a list of 60 notable post-war buildings in Scotland, compiled in 1993 by the international architectural conservation organisation DoCoMoMo.

The buildings date from the period 1945–1970, and were selected by a panel as being significant examples of architectural style, building materials and location. The purpose was in part to raise the profile of post-war architecture, and to "demonstrate that architecture, as an art, flourished during those years". The list was the basis for an exhibition at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, aimed at introducing some of these buildings as "heritage". The predominant view of post-war architecture, and of many modernist buildings in particular, was not favourable in the UK at the time, and the list was intended to inform the statutory listing of significant works. Some of the buildings, for example Notre Dame High School, had already been listed by Historic Scotland before the DoCoMoMo list was compiled, and several more have been designated since, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance".

The list includes a wide range of structures, from large industrial plants, to small private houses, and covers the diversity of building types that were constructed during the period. Not all the buildings have survived: two of the most prominent casualties have been Basil Spence's Hutchesontown C complex in Glasgow, demolished in 1993, and Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St. Peter's Seminary in Cardross, which has been derelict since the late 1980s.

## List

| Building | Location | Date | Architect | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Anderston Centre Industrial Zone | Glasgow | 1969 | Jack Holmes and Partners | |
| Andrew Melville Hall of Residence, University of St Andrews | St Andrews | 1967 | James Stirling | Category A listed |
| Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of Dundee | Dundee | 1961 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Category B listed |
| Avisfield | Cramond, Edinburgh | 1957 | Morris and Steedman | Category B listed |
| Bernat Klein House and Studio | Scottish Borders | 1957 (house) 1972 (studio) | Peter Womersley | Both buildings Category A listed |
| Chessel's Court redevelopment | Royal Mile, Edinburgh | 1966 | Robert Hurd | Category A/B listed |
| Crathie Drive Development | Glasgow | 1952 | Ronald Bradbury | |
| Cumbernauld New Town original housing areas (Kildrum, Park, Carbrain, Ravenswood, Seafar, Muirhead) | North Lanarkshire | 1974 | Cumbernauld Development Corporation and others | |
| Cumbernauld Town Centre Phase 1 | Cumbernauld | 1967 | Geoffrey Copcutt | Partly demolished |
| Dollan Baths | East Kilbride | 1968 | A Buchanan Campbell | Category A listed |
| Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment | Highland | 1958 | R S Brocklesby | Currently being decommissioned |
| Dysart redevelopment (Phases 1–3) | Fife | 1971 | Wheeler and Sproson | |
| Eaglais Mathair nan Dorainn (Church of Our Lady of Sorrows) | Gearraidh na Monadh, South Uist | 1965 | Richard J McCarron | Category B listed |
| Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, Ward Unit and Operating Theatre Suite | Falkirk | 1966 | Keppie, Henderson and Partners | |
| Fishermen's Houses | Dunbar, East Lothian | 1952 | Basil Spence | |
| Forth Road Bridge and Control Building | Firth of Forth | 1964 | Sir Giles Scott, Son and Partners, with Mott, Hay and Anderson (engineers) | Category A listed |
| Gallowgate redevelopment | Aberdeen | 1966 | G McI Keith, City Architect | |
| Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West Flanks | Glasgow | 1971 | Scott Wilson Kilpatrick (engineers), W Holford | Now part of the M8 motorway |
| Glasgow University Library and Hunterian Art Gallery | Glasgow | 1965 | William Whitfield | |
| Gray's School of Art | Aberdeen | 1968 | D Michael A Shewan | |
| Heddell's Park and Annsbrae Housing Scheme | Lerwick, Shetland | 1959 | Richard Moira and B L C Moira | |
| Heron House | Glasgow | 1971 | Derek Stephenson and Partners | Converted into The Pinnacle residential building in 2001 |
| Hunterston A nuclear power station | North Ayrshire | 1964 | General Electric Company / Simon-Carves Ltd (design consortium) / Howard V Lobb and Partners (consulting architects) | |
| Hutchesontown Area 'C' | Gorbals, Glasgow | 1966 | Basil Spence | Demolished 12 September 1993 |
| Kildrum Primary School | Cumbernauld | 1962 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | fire-damaged and subsequently demolished with exception of nursery block |
| Kincardine Power Station | Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife | 1963 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Demolished |
| Kirkcaldy Town House | Kirkcaldy, Fife | 1956 | David Carr | Category B listed, designed in the 1930s but not built until after WW2 |
| Lanark County Buildings (now South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters) | Hamilton | 1964 | D G Bannerman | Category A listed |
| Leith Fort development | Leith, Edinburgh | 1966 | Shaw-Stewart, Baikie and Perry | Demolished 2012–2013 |
| Awe Hydro-Electric Project (Ben Cruachan Section) | Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute | 1965 | J Williamson (engineer) | |
| Lourdes Secondary School | Glasgow | 1957 | Thomas Cordiner | |
| Meadowside Granary Extension | Glasgow | 1967 | Clyde Navigation Trust / L G Mouchel and Partners | Demolished |
| Monktonhall Colliery | Newcraighall, East Lothian | 1965 | Egon Riss | Demolished |
| Moredun temporary housing area | Moredun, Edinburgh | 1949 | J A W Grant / City Architect / Sam Bunton | |
| Mortonhall Crematorium | Mortonhall, Edinburgh | 1967 | Basil Spence | Category A listed |
| National Library of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1955 | Reginald Fairlie | Category A listed, construction began in the 1930s, but not completed until after WW2 |
| New Club | Princes Street, Edinburgh | 1969 | Alan Reiach | Category A listed |
| Notre Dame High School | Glasgow | 1953 | Thomas Cordiner | Category A listed, designed before the war |
| Paisley Civic Centre | Paisley, Renfrewshire | 1971 | Hutchison Locke and Monck | |
| Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling | Stirling | 1967 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Category A listed |
| Plant Houses, Royal Botanic Garden | Edinburgh | 1967 | George Pearce | Category A listed |
| Pollock Halls of Residence | Edinburgh | 1959 | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul | Category A listed |
| Ravenscraig steelworks | Motherwell | 1957 | Colvilles/British Steel Corporation | Demolished 1993 |
| Red Road development | Glasgow | 1969 | Sam Bunton and Associates | Demolished 2015 |
| Robert the Bruce statue and rotunda | Bannockburn, Stirling | 1964 | Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (sculptor) | Category A listed |
| Royal Commonwealth Pool | Edinburgh | 1970 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Category A listed |
| St. Bride's Church | East Kilbride | 1964 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed, campanile demolished 1987 |
| St. Lawrence's Church | Greenock | 1954 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed |
| St. Paul's Church | Glenrothes, Fife | 1957 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed |
| St. Peter's College | Cardross, Argyll and Bute | 1966 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed, currently derelict |
| St. Peter's Street redevelopment | Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | 1971 | Baxter, Clark and Paul | Demolished |
| St. Teresa's Church | Glasgow | 1960 | Alexander McAnally and Partners | Category B listed |
| Scottish Provident Institution | St Andrew Square, Edinburgh | 1969 | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul | Demolished in July 2014 |
| Sighthill Health Centre | Sighthill, Edinburgh | 1953 | Robert Gardner-Medwin | |
| Smithycroft Road Secondary School | Glasgow | 1967 | A G Jury | Demolished |
| Stow College of Building and Printing and Stow College of Distributive Trades | Glasgow | 1964 | Wylie, Shanks and Underwood | Both Category B listed |
| Turnhouse Airport Terminal | Edinburgh Airport | 1956 | Robert Matthew | Demolished in 1995 |
| University of Edinburgh redevelopment | George Square, Edinburgh | 1967 | Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall, Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, and Reiach, Hall and Partners | |
| Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital | Edinburgh | 1963 | Peter Womersley | |
| Vale of Leven Hospital | Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire | 1955 | Keppie, Henderson and Partners | |
