Dollan Baths (Dollan Aqua Centre) is a Grade A listed building in East Kilbride, Scotland. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...

Designed by Alexander Buchanan Campbell, it was opened in 1968 as Scotland's first 50 metre (although not Olympic standard) swimming pool. It consists principally of pre-stressed concrete and imitates a colossal marquee - the vaulted 324ft parabolic arched roof appears to be held down by pairs of 'V' shaped-struts that meet the ground at a 30° angle. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... An Olympic size swimming pool is the type of pool used in the Olympic Games. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, diving, or for other bathing activities that involve swimming, e. ... Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The word marquee can refer to several things: Marquee (tent), its use in British English for a large, open-sided tent installed outdoors for temporary functions. ... In architecture, a vault is an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ... For other uses, see Parabola (disambiguation). ... A strut is a structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression. ...

Buchanan Campbell admitted that he had been influenced by the architecture of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the designs by Kenzo Tange for the gymnasium there. The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Kenzo Tange (丹下健三, Tange Kenzō; September 4, 1913 - March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. ...

In 1993 the international conservation organisation DOCOMOMO listed Dollan Baths as one of sixty key monuments in Scottish post-war architecture. It was listed in 2002 (as Dollan Aqua Centre) as a Category A building by Historic Scotland. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Historic Scotland is the Scottish agency looking after historic monuments. ...

It continues to function as a swimming pool and leisure centre.

External links

• Twentieth Century Society Page
• Official Site
• Buchanan Campbell collection at RCAHMS

Coordinates: 55°45′42.47″N, 4°10′59.89″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...