Archinect - News2024-05-04T23:31:02-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150143684/battle-over-brutalism-in-scotland-remains-unresolved
Battle over Brutalism in Scotland remains unresolved Antonio Pacheco2019-06-28T12:57:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6a/6a1770927376602e187d416558530488.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>St Peter's Seminary in Cardross is a category A listed building - the highest level of protection for buildings of architectural or historic interest.
It was closed as a training college for priests in the 1970s and left to ruin.
The Catholic Church described it as an "albatross around our neck".</p></em><br /><br /><p>A battle is brewing in Cardross, <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/725779/scotland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scotland</a> over the uncertain future of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/886308/st-peter-s-seminary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Peter's Seminary</a>, a 1960s-era <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/87928/brutalism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brutalist</a> complex that has been abandoned for nearly 30 years. </p>
<p>Widely considered Scotland's most important 20th Century structure, the seminary was designed by architects <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gillespie-Kidd-Coia-Johnny-Rodger/dp/1873190581/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=gilkidcoiarc1-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=ZHDXVF5YL4AEWPUU&creativeASIN=1873190581" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gillespie, Kidd & Coia</a> and opened in 1966 only to be abandoned in the 1980s. </p>
<p>Wrapped in concrete arches and punctuated by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149991758/st-peter-s-cardross-birth-death-and-renewal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a stepped atrium</a>, the pebble-studded complex has been referred to as both Scotland’s best and worst 20th Century building. The seminary was listed as a "Category A" architectural <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4361/preservation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">relic</a> in 1992, the country's highest designation for historic buildings. But even with this designation, plans to rehabilitate the structure have fallen short. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/12/12dbaa2972faa208ef72d96073f40d63.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/12/12dbaa2972faa208ef72d96073f40d63.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Flickr user Tom Parnell.</figcaption></figure><p>Scottish architecture expert Alan Dunlop told the <em>BBC</em>, "I would go as far as saying this building is as important as Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art." </p>
<p><a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historic Environment Scotland</a>, the country's ...</p>
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St Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal Nam Henderson2017-02-13T14:13:00-05:00>2019-10-17T18:24:07-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ri/rikaon29tqqzqh4g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>St Peter's made a dramatic architectural statement when it was built, but its first incarnation as a seminary was short-lived. It is hoped this 21st Century rebirth by NVA, bringing the structure back into productive use, will prove more enduring.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Gorgeous photos of the past and current state of the Brutalist St Peter's Seminary, designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/fn/fn5ky06t58ka4xa4.jpg"></p><figcaption>Credit: Glasgow School of Art</figcaption><br>For more about the history of the project/site check out <a href="https://shop.scran.ac.uk/prod/books/st-peter-cardross/121" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the</a> book by Diane M Watters.