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 |
| Construction started | 1972 |
| Completed | 1975 |
| 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, this formed the city centre police station.
A raised walkway across the busy A991 road was added during the 1980s, 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.
Tayside House was a purposed built office block, designed by Dundee architects James Parr & Partners for property developers Ravenstone Securities and Guardian Royal Exchange, specifically for the newly formed Tayside Regional Council to lease. Tayside Regional Council was a local authority formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and came into existence in 1975. Tayside House was completed in 1975 (although the building would not be fully occupied until 1977) with Tayside Regional Council contracted to lease the building for 63 years.
The development of Tayside House included a raised walkway across the A991 road, allowing pedestrian access to the nearby Olympia Leisure Centre.
Tayside Regional Council purchased the building from Ravenstone Securities and Guardian Royal Exchange for £8.6 million in 1984.
Tayside Regional Council was abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in 1995, ownership of Tayside House and other former Tayside Regional Council properties in Dundee passed to the successor authorities of Dundee City Council, Perth and Kinross Council and Angus Council. Dundee City Council agreed to purchase the other authorities interest in Tayside House and other Dundee properties in 1997 for £3 million, to be paid over 15 years.
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