The Olympia has now been demolished as part of the V&A-led regeneration of Dundee but in its day represented a new modernity for the city with its long glass walkway and winding flumes called the Yellow Cannonball, the Red Rocket, the Green Glider and the Blue Bomber.The Olympia has now been demolished as part of the V&A-led regeneration of Dundee but in its day represented a new modernity for the city with its long glass walkway and winding flumes called the Yellow Cannonball, the Red Rocket, the Green Glider and the Blue Bomber.
The Olympia has now been demolished as part of the V&A-led regeneration of Dundee but in its day represented a new modernity for the city with its long glass walkway and winding flumes called the Yellow Cannonball, the Red Rocket, the Green Glider and the Blue Bomber.

Beauty or beasts? 9 Postmodern buildings of Scotland

They borrowed bits of old and created a new form of architecture which was often bold, fun and sometimes frowned upon as traditional architectural norms were shaken up with a new vision.
By Alison Campsie
Published 1st May 2020, 16:45 BST

Historic Environment Scotland is now amid a major piece of research into our Postmodern buildings and looks at how our streets have been shaped with ideas forged in the 1970s and beyond.

The escalator hall in Cumbernauld Town Centre, which was completed in 1981. The first phase of the centre housed shops, a hotel, ice rink, bowling alley, health centre and penthouse apartments, as well as police, fire and ambulance stations.

1. Cumbernauld Shopping Centre

The escalator hall in Cumbernauld Town Centre, which was completed in 1981. The first phase of the centre housed shops, a hotel, ice rink, bowling alley, health centre and penthouse apartments, as well as police, fire and ambulance stations. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland

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Postmodern goes playful in the 1980s extension of Kirkcaldy High School.

2. Kirkcaldy High School

Postmodern goes playful in the 1980s extension of Kirkcaldy High School. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland

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These flats borrow elements of the old Art Deco style to create a modern apartment block in Glasgow City Centre.

3. Art Deco-esque flats, Glasgow City Centre

These flats borrow elements of the old Art Deco style to create a modern apartment block in Glasgow City Centre. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland

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Replica 16th and 17th townhouses and tenements built for 1970s Dysart in Fife.

4. A 16th Century townhouse reborn for the 1970s

Replica 16th and 17th townhouses and tenements built for 1970s Dysart in Fife. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland

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