| 词条 | Tait Tower |
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Tait Tower (also known as Tait's Tower and officially as the Tower of Empire) was a tower in the art deco style constructed at the summit of Ibrox Hill in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in Scotland as part of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938. It was designed by Thomas S. Tait, stood {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=off}} high and had three separate observation decks which provided a view of the surrounding gardens and city. Due to both the height of the tower and the hill it was built on, it could be seen {{convert|100|mi|km}} away. The tower was the centrepiece of the Empire Exhibition and its image featured on many of the souvenirs that could be bought at the exhibition site. The Empire Exhibition took place at a time when Glasgow was the centre of British shipbuilding and engineering, and the materials - steel beams riveted together and clad in corrugated steel - were produced by Glasgow manufacturing plants. Tait's design and readily available materials made it possible for the tower to be constructed in only nine weeks.[1] The tower was dismantled in July 1939 after the exhibition closed [2]. The foundations remain at Bellahouston Park. Thomas' son Gordon Tait also worked on the project. In December 2007, the Tait Tower was included in a 3D graphic reconstruction of the Empire Exhibition by the Digital Design Studio at Glasgow School of Art, sourced from contemporary photographs, film footage, sketches and drawings from the archive of the Mitchell Library.[3][4] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Glancey|first=Jonathan |title=C20th Architecture: The Structures that Shaped the Century|publisher=Carlton Books|year=1998|isbn=0-87951-912-6}} 2. ^Glasgow's Great Exhibitions, P & J Kinchin, White Cockade Publishing. 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?vxSiteId=60fdd544-9c52-4e17-be7e-57a2a2d76992&vxChannel=News%20Features&vxClipId=1380_SMG1535&vxBitrate=300|title=Empire Exhibition Strikes Back|last=Greenshields|first=Karen|work=STV News|publisher=Scottish Television|accessdate=2008-11-16}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/display.var.1418951.0.the_empire_strikes_back_second_city_of_exhibition_is_reborn_for_21st_century.php|title=THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Second city of Exhibition is reborn for 21st century|last=McKinnon|first=Ross|date=2007-05-23|publisher=Evening Times (Glasgow)|accessdate=2008-11-16}} External links
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