Bluevale and Whitevale Towers | |
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109 Bluevale Street and 51 Whitevale Street | |
Alternative names | Bluevale and Whitevale Towers Gallowgate Twins Camlachie Twin Towers |
General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Type | Residential |
Architectural style | Brutalist |
Address | 109 Bluevale Street 51 Whitevale Street |
Town or city | Camlachie, Glasgow |
Country | Scotland |
Construction started | 1967 |
Completed | 1968 |
Demolished | 2016 |
Height | |
Roof | 90.8 metres (298 ft) |
Top floor | 30 (29 habitable + 2 mechanical) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Pre-cast Concrete |
Floor count | 31 |
Lifts/elevators | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | David Harvey Alex Scott & Associates |
The Bluevale and Whitevale Towers were twin 31–storey brutalist tower block flats situated in the Camlachie district within the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. Both towers contained 31 floors, and were the second highest public housing schemes in the United Kingdom behind the Barbican Estate in London.
Officially named 109 Bluevale Street and 51 Whitevale Street, and often nicknamed the Gallowgate Twins or the Camlachie Twin Towers, the two towers were for a time the tallest buildings in Scotland.[1][2]
After originally being condemned in 2011, in early 2016 the demolition of both towers was completed.