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Cumbernauld town centre is the main shopping centre for the New town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. It is widely accepted as the UK's first shopping mall and was the world's first multi-level, multi-function, covered town centre, within a single structure. The centre has now been expanded by the newly completed addition of the Antonine Centre. The new centre links to the existing one via walkways and lifts. The building has been subject to harsh criticism over the years. It won a public vote for "Britain's most hated building", which was organised by Channel 4 programme ''Demolition''. The structure was twice named Scotland's worst town centre by the Carbuncle Awards.〔(Cumbernauld ). BBC News. 25 May, 2012. Retrieved 6 July, 2013.〕 Writers including author Caro Ramsay have referenced the "Alien's Head", a moniker given by locals to the "unsightly" top section of the building due to its side profile superficially resembling that of fictional alien E.T.〔 ==History== Construction commenced in 1955 under the plans of architect Geoffrey Copcutt. After the building was started, it was believed to be an example of Utopian Engineering by architects; during construction, Logan Construction went bankrupt and left sparse detailed structural engineering plans. The building was widely anticipated and was visited by students to look into the design. The penthouse apartments located within the "Alien's Head" were found to have significant structural flaws in the main pillars and tenants were forced to move out; the head was largely converted into additional office space. By 1971 the town centre had the largest supermarket in Scotland and work on phase 2 had begun. The Corporation sought the building of a department store and this was completed in 1975 as phase 3. It was built for Woolco with two levels of underground parking, and was sold to Gateway in 1986. Asda purchased the site in 1988, and maintained the "Red Balloon Cafe" that was widely implemented in Gateway stores. In the mid 70s the Golden Eagle Hotel was forced to close and was later demolished, owing largely to a sizeable vehicle crashing into the building. Phase 4 was completed in 1981. The town centre was purchased by a shopping management group in 1996 when Cumbernauld Development was wound up. Phase 3 was demolished in 1996 and in 2001 the rear outdoor section of phase 1 was demolished. The new Antonine shopping centre was built on these sites. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cumbernauld Town Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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