Major Works 1956-1987

Churches
	Church of St Columba Date of completion: 1979 Present state/use: The Lutheran is a reformed but nonetheless liturgical church and accordingly gave this commission to GKC specifically because of their pedigree in designing Roman Catholic churches. The church was reroofed in the mid 90s. Still in use as the only purpose-built Lutheran church in Scotland in 2007. Address: 151 Westwood Hill, Westwood, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact Father David McNally: davidmcnally@hotmail.com
	Our Lady of Good Counsel Date of completion: 1966 Present state/use: Restored and reroofed, and front courtyard area retiled by Page and Park Architects, work completed in 2005. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 73 Craigpark, Dennistoun, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 0141 554 1558 Civic Trust Award 1966, RIBA Bronze Regional Award 1966, Listed Category 'A' 1994
	Sacred Heart Date of completion: 1964 Present state/use: Exterior plastered over and painted. Interior largely unaltered, and still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: Kyle Road, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 01236 721387 Listed Category ‘A’ 1994
	St Aidan's, Church Hall Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Still in use as church hall in 2007. Address: Coltness Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 01698 384730
	St Benedict's Date of completion: 1965 Present state/use: Interior altered: a conservation and repair project by Donald Toner Associates was completed in Sept 2004, with the upper level choir loft extended into the nave and converted to glass fronted offices for a 'community facility'. This facility is accessed by new external stairwell and lift. The rest of the building is still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 753-755 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal access church open to visitors 1-4pm on 4th November 2007, 2nd December 2007, 13th January 2008, 10th February 2008. Please contact the church to arrange other viewing times. Listed Category 'B' 1994
	St Benedict's Date of completion: 1970 Present state/use: Demolished 1991. Address: Drumchapel Road, Glasgow
	St Bride's Date of completion: 1963 Present state/use: Campanile destroyed 1983. A glass wall has been added separating the Lady Chapel under the gallery acoustically, if not visually, from the main part of the nave. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: Whitemoss Avenue, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 01355 220005 Civic Trust Award 1964, RIBA Bronze Regional Award 1963, Listed Category 'A' 1994
	St Charles' Date of completion: 1959 Present state/use: Church hall added on to the north side in 1980. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 9 Kelvinside Gardens, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact Canon Robert Hill: 0141 946 5950 or email: roberthill77@hotmail.com Listed Category 'B' 1992
	St Joseph's Date of completion: Presbytery 1962, Church 1963 Present state/use: Destroyed by fire, remains demolished 1993 Address: Faifley Road, Duntocher, Dunbartonshire
	St Margaret's Date of completion: 1972 Present state/use: Largely unaltered. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: Sinclair Street, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing only. Listed Category 'B' 1994
	St Maria Goretti, Church Hall Date of completion: 1968 Present state/use: Still in use as a church hall in 2007. Address: 259 Bellrock Street, Cranhill, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 0141 774 4151
	St Martin's Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Exterior brick walls and shuttered concrete details have been concealed by a coat of harling. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 201 Ardencraig Road, Castlemilk, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing only Listed Category 'B' 1994
	St Mary of the Angels Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Restored 2004/5 by Michael Gray Architects. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: Glasgow Road/Watling St, Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire - Google Map Access: For viewing contact Anna Kulwicka: 0131 623 8906 Listed Category 'A' 1994
	St Mary's Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Demolished 1988. Address: Dean Rd & Linlithgow Road, Bo'ness, Lothian
	St Patrick's Date of completion: 1964 Present state/use: Restoration by the Brooke Millar Partnership was completed in 2000. The building was made watertight, new underfloor heating was introduced, and the copper roof was reinstated. The restoration architects were part funded in their 8 year long work by Historic Scotland and the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 30 Low Craigends, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact the parish secretary: 01236 822136 Listed Category 'A' 1994
	St Paul's Date of completion: 1957 Present state/use: Projected circular plan church hall was never built and subsequently building was extended and altered internally. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: Warout Road, Auchmuty - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact the parish: 01592 752 543 or John McConnell: 01592 754 286 Listed Category 'B' 1987
	St Paul's Date of completion: 1959 Present state/use: Some upgrading of the interior, of the altar and so forth, was carried out by GKC in the early 70s. Still in use as a parish church in 2007. Address: 1651 Shettleston Road, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 0141 778 1014 (11am - 5pm) Listed Category 'B' 1994
Schools
	Bellshill Schools: Lawmuir Primary, Sacred Heart Primary, St Saviour's Secondary Date of completion: Primaries 1957, Secondary 1960 Present state/use: The two neighbouring primaries were built together as the same commission and on the same contract from the County of Lanark. They were referred to by the client throughout the contract as the 'Protestant' and the 'Roman Catholic' schools respectively. Both primaries have undergone some alteration but were still operating as intended and celebrating their 50th jubilees in 2007. The secondary school, St Saviour’s, was subsequently built beside and attached to Sacred Heart Primary. St Saviour's was amalgamated with Cardinal Newman High in 1977, closed as a school (and link passageway, seen here, to Sacred Heart removed); and as of 2007 the front building to Hamilcomb Road is in use as a Social Work centre (ARCH) and the rear as a business and community centre (Orbiston Business Centre). Address: Lawmuir Primary, Babylon Road, St Saviour's, Hamilcomb Road, and Sacred Heart, Liberty Road, Orbiston, Bellshill, Lanarkshire
	Bonar Hall Date of completion: 1976 Present state/use: Still in original use in 2007. Initial design was much larger and included a theatre to east of the hall. This east part of project was dropped before design was complete (site to east occupied now by Dundee Rep designed by Nicol Russell Studio) and only the hall was built by GKC. Address: Park Place, Dundee - Google Map Access: External viewing. For internal viewing contact: 01382 345 466
	Cumbernauld Technical College Date of completion: 1978 Present state/use: New blocks have been added to the college and the interior has been altered. The phased internal work converted the gymnasium and added a mezzanine level there in 2005, and a whole new (and removable) entrance canopy along the front of the building was completed in 2006, and acts as a link, or ‘street’ to the new teaching block, also completed in 2006. All the work was carried out by Jenkins and Marr Architects under the approval of Historic Scotland. Still in use as an F.E. college in 2007. Address: North Carbrain Road, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact 01236 723 416. Listed Category 'B' 2000
	Howford School for the Handicapped Date of completion: 1963 Present state/use: Secluded location has meant the school has been a target for persistent vandalism over the years. A fire started in 1995 caused some interior damage and graffitti is evident on the West elevation facing the street. Twirling anti-climb devices have been put on the roof edge around the internal courtyard, and nearly all of the clerestory windows plus some of the random fenestration on the façade have been blocked over. Many of the ceilings have been lowered, and some new internal partitions have been added, new double glazing units have been put in place around the courtyard. Still in operation as a school in 2007. Address: 487 Crookston Road, Pollok, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing out of school hours only.
	John Ogilvie Hall Date of completion: 1962 Present state/use: School was closed as a part of the St Aloysius College in 1984 and subsequently demolished. Address: Camphill Avenue, Langside, Glasgow
	Kildrum Primary School Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Permission was sought for demolition March 2004 (excluding a nursery not by GKC and built later). A fire caused serious damage to all parts excluding the nursery in June 2004. The remains were demolished in 2005, with only the nursery left intact. It has been reroofed and reclad and was still in use in 2007. Address: Afton Road, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing only. Listed Category ‘B’ 2000
	Kings Park Secondary School Date of completion: 1962 Present state/use: Renovated and reclad 2002 by Holmes Partnership. Internal layout replanned and on exterior given a double glazed curtain walling system. Still in use as a secondary school in 2007. Address: Fetlar Drive, Simshill, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing out of school hours only
	Notre Dame College of Education Date of completion: 1969 Present state/use: The teaching blocks and the sports hall were demolished in the summer of 2007. The site was cleared to start the building of Bearsden Academy, a new Local Authority school, built on a PFI contract by AMEC. Of the 5 listed residential blocks 2 were demolished and 3 retained with plans in 2007 to convert them to housing, and more housing to be new built on the north side of the site. Address: Duntocher Road, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing only Residential Blocks Listed Category 'A' 1998
	Our Lady and St Francis's Secondary School Extension Date of completion: 1964 Present state/use: Closed as school 1989, operating as offices in 2007. Classrooms altered, some partitions removed. Address: 72 Charlotte Street, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing only Listed Category ‘A’ 1989
	Our Lady's Girls' High School Date of completion: 1968, extension completed 1974 Present state/use: Now a co-educational comprehensive secondary school, still in use and undergoing renovation work by Cullen, Lochhead and Brown Architects in 2007. Address: Dowanfield Road, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing out of school hours only. Listed Category ‘B’ 2000
	Robinson College Date of completion: 1980 Present state/use: A new auditorium, the Umney Theatre, in the former service area under the High Court, was completed in 1989 by Cambridge Design Architects. There is thus no longer a void in the centre of the High Court. The High Court itself was completely rebuilt in 2003 to secure against water penetration to the theatre. Much of the front entrance at the Lodge is now obscured from the road by mature trees and bushes. Still in use as a University College in 2007. Address: Hershel Road/Grange Road, Cambridge, England - Google Map Access: Gardens, courts and chapel open 10am-6pm Monday - Saturday, 2-6pm Sunday. College closed to public May - August. to arrange tours contact wing commander Peter Milloy: pdgm2@cam.ac.uk RIBA Award
	St Francis Primary School Date of completion: 1968 Present state/use: School amalgamated with St Aloysius College in 1995 and was shut down in 1998 and subsequently demolished. The site is now occupied by housing. Address: 33 Briar Road, Merrylee, Glasgow
	St Peter's College Date of completion: 1966 Present state/use: Closed as seminary 1980, used as drug rehabilitation centre from 1983 until building finally abandoned in 1987, now derelict. Kilmahew House (John Burnet 1865-8) around which the GKC scheme was built, was demolished after a fire in 1995. In June 2007 St Peter's was placed on the World Monument Fund list of the 'World's 100 Most Endangered Sites' for 2008. Address: Cardross, Dunbartonshire Access: Not permitted RIBA Bronze Regional Award 1967, Listed Category 'A' 1992
	The Glasgow School of Art Staff Common Room Date of completion: 1981 Present state/use: Still in original use but future uncertain as of 2007. The Glasgow School of Art considering demolishing on north side of Renfrew street, and rebuilding their campus there. Address: The Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 0141 353 4500
	The Lawns, Halls of Residence Date of completion: 1968 Present state/use: Only six of the planned twelve blocks and a reduced scale centre building were finally built, and despite numerous attempts to restart the project over the next ten years or so, funding to carry on the work was never awarded by the appropriate government body. Still in use as halls of residence in 2007 and undergoing a refurbishment programme by Gammond Evans Crichton architects, which will be completed by 2009. Some bedspaces have been converted to kitchen and dining spaces; in Morgan and Downs double rooms in 3 halls have been converted to singles, and bedrooms in 3 blocks of Reckitt have already been converted to en-suite. Address: University of Hull, Cottingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, England Access: External viewing only. RIBA Bronze Regional Award 1968, Listed Grade II 1993
	Wadham College Date of completion: 1971 music shop; new residence and library 1977 Present state/use: Music shop now in use as a restaurant called Holywell's. The exterior is still intact and the atrium to the Back Quad still open. Minor alterations to library include glazed panels that have been added to internal balustrades for safety. The library, whose official but rarely used name is The Fedowsi Library, is now abutted by Richard McCormac's student residence buildings. Still in use as a library in 2007. Address: Holywell Street, Oxford, England - Google Map Access: External viewing or for viewing (outside university term only) contact: libary@wadh.ox.ac.uk Concrete Society Award for library, 1978
Hospitals
	Bellshill Maternity Hospital and Nurses' Home Date of completion: 1962 Present state/use: Closed 2001, demolished 2003, replaced by new housing development. Address: Bellshill, Lanarkshire Civic Trust Award 1962
	St Margaret's Hospice Date of completion: 1971 Present state/use: New cladding has been added with a much smaller proportion of fenestration in the copper cladding. GKC added a new link corridor to the Convent in 1980. To the south of the original building a new one storey 30 bed unit in yellow brick with a pitched roof was added in 2007. Still operating as a hospice at that date. Address: East Barns Street, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire - Google Map Access: External viewing only
Offices/Housing
	Housing Date of completion: 1961 Present state/use: Blocks have been given a complete postmodern-type overhaul including the addition of new skins of brown and blonde brick and tiling, and new timber detailing on the doors and the balconies. They are now almost unrecognisable as the originals although still in use as housing in 2007. Address: Braehead Road, Kildrum, Cumbernauld - Google Map Access: External viewing only.
	INSEK Laboratories Date of completion: 1970 Present state/use: Frontage to north east completely reclad in white panels with blue trim in 2000 by Parr Partnership. In 2004 further extensions to the rear (south west) of the building were made by Artemis Design Partnership. Otherwise the rear elevation is largely of the original brick, and is the only part instantly recognisable as the original. Most of the rooflights on the first floor terrace have been blocked over. Still in operation as office/laboratories in 2007. Address: Birniehill, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire - Google Map Access: External viewing only.
	Museum of Modern Art (conversion of existing building), Date of completion: 1987 Present state/use: The interior has undergone several refurbishments and a complete redesign, and only very few details from the GKC design - two sets of fire doors at the back of the main gallery still remain. The entrance way, interior spaces and cafe were all redone in 2002 by Block Architects and the gallery was then renamed 'Modern Art Oxford'. Address: Pembroke Street, Oxford, England - Google Map Access: Open 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm - 5pm Sunday
	Offices (originally for BOAC) Date of completion: 1970 Present state/use: Renovation and some reorganisation of the interior and circulation in the building was completed by spring 2007 and involved Keppie Design and Reid Architects. Address: 85 Buchanan Street, Glasgow - Google Map Access: External viewing only. Address: Listed Category 'B' 1988
	Round Riding Development (sheltered housing) Date of completion: 1967 Present state/use: Double glazing windows have been added throughout the development. West Dunbartonshire Council has a full renovation programme underway and by summer 2007, four of the thirty-six houses had been completed with a new roofing system and walls painted in a new terracotta shade. Work had not yet begun on the other houses. Address: Bonhill Road, Dumbarton Access: External viewing only.
	Stantonbury Housing Date of completion: 1976 Present state/use: Mature trees and bushes now soften much of the hard surfaces on this development. Many of the houses are now owner occupied, although Housing Associations still run some of the estate. Still in use as housing in 2007. Address: Walsh's Manor (and other streets), Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England - Google Map Access: External viewing only.

Information Details

This primary information has been supplemented by notes detailing alterations to the original work reckoned most noticeable and most significant. The most recent of alterations or renovations are those dealt with in relatively greater detail, including, where possible, specifications of architects involved and completion dates.