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Top 100 modern Scots buildings - the list

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2005 / October 3

The list of the 100 most influential buildings constructed in Scotland since the end of the Second World War. The list, to be published in Prospect magazine this month, will be revealed at the Scottish Design Show in Glasgow on Thursday.

Rank and Name	Location	Date	Architect
1. St Peter's Seminary	Cardross, Argyll and Bute	1967	Gillespie Kidd and Coia
2. Burrell Collection	Pollok Park, Glasgow	1983	Architect Sir Barry Gasson
3. St Aloysius' Junior School	Glasgow	1998	Elder and Cannon
4. Scottish Parliament	Canongate, Edinburgh	Date 2004	Architect EMBT/RMJM
5. Bernat Klein Studio	Near Selkirk	1972	Peter Wormersley
6. St Bride's RC Church	East Kilbride	1963	Gillespie Kidd and Coia
7. Museum of Scottish Country Life	East Kilbride	2001	Page and Park
8. Scottish Provident	St Andrews Square, Edinburgh	1969	Rowand Anderson Kininmonth and Paul
9. Scottish Poetry Library	Edinburgh	1999	Malcolm Fraser
10. Radisson Hotel	Argyle Street, Glasgow	2003	Gm+ad
11. Westport Evolution	Grassmarket, Edinburgh	2004	Reaich and Hall
12. Andrew Melville Halls,	St Andrews	1967	James Stirling
13. Dundee Contemporary Arts	Dundee	1999	Richard Murphy
14. Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	1999	Benson and Forsyth
15. United Distillers	Edinburgh	1986	RMJM
16. Kelso Group Practice	Kelso	1974	Peter Wormersley
17. Morris House	Fala, Midlothian	1970	Morris and Steedman
18. Turnhouse airport	Edinburgh	1954	RMJM
19. Commonwealth pool	Edinburgh	1970	RMJM
20. Dancebase	Edinburgh	2002	Malcolm Fraser
21. Maggie's Edinburgh	Edinburgh	1998	Richard Murphy
22. Mortonhall Cremtorium	Edinburgh	1967	Basil Spence
23. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun	Dennistoun		Gillespie Kidd and Coia
24. St Paul's RC Church	Glenrothes	1957	Gillespie Kidd and Coia
25. Clavius Building	Glasgow	2004	Elder Cannon
26. BOAC building	Buchanan Street	1970	Gillespie Kidd and Coia
27. Mount Stuart Visitors Centre	Isle of Bute	2001	Mukenbeck and Marshall
28. The Fruitmarket Gallery	Edinburgh	1991	Richard Murphy
29. Plant houses	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh	1967	Property Services Agency with LR Creasy
30. Avisfield House	Cramond, Edinburgh	1952	Morris and Steedman
31. Snodgrass house	Silverburn, Midlothian	1964	Morris and Steedman
32. Killoch Colliery	Killoch, Ayrshire	1953	Egon Riss
33. Cummins Factory	Shotts, Glasgow	1980	Ahrends Burton and Koralek
34. Grianan Building	Dundee Technology Park	1986	Nicoll Russell Studio
35. Point Conference Centre	Edinburgh	2001	Andrew Doolan
36. Stirling University	Stirling	1967 - 1974	RMJM
37. BT building	Edinburgh Park	1998	Bennetts Associates
38. Tramway	Glasgow	2000	Zoo Architects
39. Sentinel	Glasgow	2005	gm+ad
40. Loch Lomond National Park Visitor centre	Balloch	2001	Bennett Associates
41. Dollan Baths,	East Kilbride	1968	Alex Buchanan Campbell
42. Sillitto House	Charterhall Road, Edinburgh	1959	Morris and Steedman
43. Rodger House	Edinburgh	1961	Morris and Steedman
44. Principal's House	Stirling University	1967	Morris and Steedman
45. Cockenzie Power station		1967	RMJM
46. Dundee Rep Theatre	Dundee	1982	Nicoll Russell Studios
47. Forth Road Bridge	Fife	1964	Mott, Hay and Anderson and Freeman, Fox and Partners
48. Kylesku Bridge	Sutherland	1985	Arup
49. Eden Court	Inverness	1976	Law and Dunbar-Nasmith
50. New Club Edinburgh	Princes Street, Edinburgh	1966	Alan Reiach
51. Maggie's Glasgow	Glasgow	2003	Page/Park
52. Maggie's Dundee	Dundee	2004	Frank Gehry and Fred Stephens
53. Maggie's Inverness	Inverness	2005	Page/Park
54. The Anderston Centre	Glasgow	1972	Richard Seifert
55. The Drum Phase 3	Bo'ness	2004	Malcolm Fraser Architects
56. Pennycook Court,	Perth Road, Dundee	1986	Page & Park Architects,
57. Dick Place	Edinburgh	2003	Andrew Doolan Architects
58. Potterow Student Centre	University of Edinburgh		Morris and Steedman
59. Homes for the future	Glasgow Green	1999	Elder and Cannon
60. Homes for the Future	Glasgow Green	1999	McKeown Alexander
61. Tron Housing	Fishmarket Close, Edinburgh		Richard Murphy
62. Graham Square	Gallowgate, Glasgow	2000	McKeown Alexander
63. Bell House	Milton Campsie	2004	NORD
64. Private house	Rosshire	2004	Brennan and Wilson
65. Tron Theatre reworking	Glasgow	1998	RMJM
66. Lotte Glob House	Sutherland	2004	Gokay Devici
67. Youth Hostel	Torridon	1975	Moira & Moira
68. Archaeolink, Oyne	Aberdeenshire	1998	Edward Cullinan
69. Round and Square Towers	RGU	1993	Dixon Jones
70. Queens Tower Building,	University of Dundee,	1961	RMJM
71. The Italian Centre	Glasgow	1992	Page and Park
72. Crown Street 2a	Gorbals	2002	Page and Park
73. Crown Street 3a	Gorbals	2002	Elder and Cannon
74. An Turas	Tiree	2003	Sutherland Hussey
75. Waddell House	Pollok shields, Glasgow	2003	Studio Kap
76. Brunswick Hotel	Glasgow	1986	Elder and Cannon
77. Institute for Health Sciences	Strathclyde University	1998	Reiach and Hall
78. Spectrum House	Glasgow	2002	Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop
79. Dean Gallery	Edinburgh	1999	Terry Farrell and Partners
80. New Byres Theatre	St Andrews	2002	Nicoll Russell
81. Succouth Heights	Edinburgh	2003	Reiach and Hall
82. Glasgow College of Building and Printing	Glasgow	1964	Wylie, Shanks and Underwoood
83. Jack Kilby Centre	Edinburgh	2003	Napier University Richard Murphy Architects
84. 120 West Regent Street	Glasgow	1990	Cunningham Glass and Murray gm+ad
85. Ronaldson's Wharf	Edinburgh	2003	Dignan Read Dewar and Fraser Brown McKenna
86. Cowgate under 5s	Edinburgh		Allan Murray Architects
87. Wolfson Building	Glasgow	2002	Reiach and Hall
88. Loch Arthur housing	Beeswing, Dumfries	2002	Crallan and Winstanley
89. Icon Building	Glasgow	2004	Elder and Cannon
90. A'Chrannag	Rothesay, Isle of Bute	2004	Gokay Devici
91. Princess Square	Glasgow	1987	Hugh Martin Partnership
92. Spa One	Edinburgh	2003	Terry Farrell and Partners
93. Scottish Widows	Morrison Street	1998	Edinburgh BDP
94. Lanark County Buildings	Hamilton	1964	D G Bannerman
95. Saltire Court	Edinburgh	1991	Cambell and Arnott
96. Scottish Amicable HQ	St Vincent Street, Glasgow	1979	King Main Ellison.
97. Woodside Housing Phase 3	Glasgow	1970	Boswell Mitchell and Johnson
98. The Barlas House	Edinburgh	2003	Zone Architects
99. City Travel Inn - Phase 2	Edinburgh	1999	Andrew Doolan
100. Cumbernauld, Town Centre Phase 1	Cumbernauld	1963-67	Geoffrey Copcutt

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