Modernist Scotland

By Bruce Peter

An architectural journey through 150 Post-War Buildings by Bruce Peter—a comprehensive, fully illustrated exploration of Scotland's bold modernist legacy.

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416 pages; Colour & black and white photographs.

232mm x 177mm

This comprehensive study documents the revolutionary architectural movement that transformed Scotland's built environment in the decades following World War II. Through meticulous research and stunning visual documentation, Peter examines 150 significant modernist structures that shaped Scottish cities, towns, and landscapes—from pioneering housing schemes and civic centres to innovative educational and cultural buildings.

Modernist Scotland aims to be a living history and a manifesto, seeking to encourage greater understanding and appreciation of Scotland’s post-war built heritage and of the many diverse manifestations of the modern movement to have arisen there. This is necessary because since the 1970s many fine post-war buildings and environments have been neglected, unsympathetically altered or destroyed and many more – ranging from very large examples, such the Cumbernauld Town Centre megastructure, to small buildings such as pubs, houses and churches – are at risk. 

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