Description
Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre by Recollective is a striking 160-page limited-edition art book that explores the history and future of the iconic town centre in Cumbernauld New Town. It features behind-the-scenes access, interviews with residents past and present, and combines writing by Alison Irvine, photographs and film by Chris Leslie, and illustration by Mitch Miller. The book examines the debates around whether the brutalist 1960s megastructure should be preserved or demolished, presenting a nuanced portrait of place, memory and architectural change.
