Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow

Name: Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_015
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£40.00

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Hold onto the Gorbals home that's gone with a solid concrete model. Whether you grew up there or remember washing on the balconies like sails, honour the people it housed.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

Express processing available for UK orders

Shipping

All Spaceplay models are made to order and are usually made and posted within 30 days.

All orders are sent using a tracked postal service, and you’ll receive tracking details once your model has been posted.

UK orders usually arrive within 3 working days after posting. International orders usually arrive within 8 working days after posting, although customs and local postal services can sometimes cause delays.

If you need your order for a specific date, please let me know before ordering and I’ll do my best to help.

UK customers can also select Express Shipping at checkout to have their model made and posted within 8 days.

Returns

You can return unused and undamaged items within 30 days of delivery for a refund, excluding return postage costs.

If your model arrives damaged, faulty, or incorrect, please email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the issue. I’ll arrange a free replacement to be made and posted to you.

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Building Information

Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Architect: Sir Basil Spence
Completed: 1962
Status: Demolished 1993

Brief Overview: Queen Elizabeth Square (or Hutchesontown C) was located in the Gorbals, Glasgow which was notorious for poverty and overcrowding- some of the worst conditions in Western Europe at the time. Sir Basil Spence was appointed to design a series of modern high rise towers that would replace the tenement slums- it would be the largest project of it's kind in the UK. Drawing inspiration from Glasgow's rich shipbuilding heritage, and from his trip to Marseille to visit Le Corbusier's iconic Unite d'Habitation- Spence presented visions of Gardens in the Sky- with washing hanging out on balconies to provoke images of ships masks. Sadly the project was a failure- poor construction and poor application of concepts for climate meant Queen Elizabeth Square suffered from flooding, asbestos and increasing levels of crime. After another flood in 1989, many residents chose to be rehoused rather than return once repairs had been made, and eventually in 1993 Queen Elizabeth Square was demolished.