Images used in the book 'The Story of the original CMK'
Images illustrating the various stages of the planning and development of Central Milton Keynes by Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC), from 1966 to 1992, together with more recent images up to 2007.
Extent
153 scanned photographs and drawings
Reference number
CMK/002
Records in this Group
The service road seen from the interior of the building through the original clear glass of the arcade.
The CMK team visiting the Italian quarry in October 1975 to view travertine for the Shopping Building floor.
Viewing the travertine slabs in Italy.
Laying the travertine floor in Middleton Hall.
The Shopping Building bench designed by Geoff Hollington (of the CMK team) and made up in Wolverton Works.
Image of a piece of equipment for the irrigation system in the arcades, to drip-feed the roots of the plants in each of the planters.
The deep plant-bed pits in the arcades so that large trees would survive. Photo taken on 25 June 1977 by John Donat.
The model of Milton Keynes Central Railway station, photographed by John Donat.
Aerial view north along the mainline railway near the site of CMK’s Station. The A5D dual carriage way and Portway roundabout are under construction. November 1978.
Milton Keynes Central Railway Station under construction, 1981, viewed from the east.
The station in operation 1982 viewed from Station Square.
Lloyds Court under construction.
The opening of Lloyds Court; a view of the interior courtyard.
View from Lloyds Court looking towards the Shopping Building.
Model of the Central Business Exchange, photographed by John Donat.
‘Something complementary to the City Centre structure’ (Trevor Denton)
Image at a later stage showing progress with building.
Helmut Jacoby’s rendering of Central Area Housing – designed by Derek Walker Associates.
The blockwork paving used in the CMK parking areas was among the first in the UK.
A view of one of CMK’s shallow, customised underpasses.
The CMK seat designed by Brian Milne.
Street view in CMK, showing lamp-posts, signage, a porte-cochère, trees and telephone box.
A model of a porte-cochère.
Porte-cochères under construction.
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