| Tayside House | |
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 Tayside House with walkway to Olympia Leisure Centre shown to the left. | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Office block |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | Dundee |
| Address | 28 Crichton Street |
| Town or city | Dundee |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°27′33″N 2°58′04″W / 56.45915°N 2.967795°W |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Demolished | August 2011—July 2013 |
| Cost | £2.5 million |
| Client | Ravenstone Securities and Guardian Royal Exchange |
| Owner | 1975—1984 Ravenstone Securities and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance 1984—1995 Tayside Regional Council 1995—1997 Dundee City Council, Angus Council and Perth and Kinross Council 1997—2013 Dundee City Council |
| Landlord | 1975—1984 Ravenstone Securities and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance |
| Height | 58.00m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | James Parr & Partners |
| Civil engineer | Bett Brothers Ltd |
Tayside House was an office block development in the city centre area of Dundee. The building served as the headquarters for Tayside Regional Council and its successor organisation following local government reorganisation, Dundee City Council. Tayside Police leased part of the building, which formed the city centre police station.
A raised walkway across the busy A991 road was added during the 1980s,[1] connecting the city centre and Tayside House with the Olympia Leisure Centre and completely separating pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Following the decision to build replacement offices elsewhere and redevelop the area, initial work began on the demolition of Tayside House in 2011. The main demolition work was completed in July 2013.[2]
- ^ 1984 image showing Tayside House prior to construction of the closed walkway, with the previous open Leisure Centre walkway (not attached to Tayside House) still in place. This different 1984 image shows the leisure centre with the original walkway attached before the replacement walkway was built.
- ^ "Bye-bye Tayside House — 'Muncher' completes its work". The Courier. DC Thomson. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2013.