The aim was to replace 62 acres (25 ha) of slums in Hutchesontown with new low and high rise housing, schools and shops.
The development consisted of five phases – A through E – each designed by a different architect.
Sir Basil Spence and his assistant Robert Matthew were assigned their site in a series of meetings at the Department of Health for Scotland in late 1957 and 1958.
After going independent from Spence and forming his own practice, Matthew later designed the adjacent Area B or "Riverside" estate which opened in 1964, and unlike Area C, has survived to the present day.

Hutchesontown C was commissioned in 1959, with Spence receiving assistance from a project architect, Charles Robertson.
Spence and Robertson, partly inspired by Le Corbusier's giant maisonette blocks in Marseille, designed two "colossal, rugged 20-storey slabs" featuring inset communal balconies.
In revealing the design, Spence said to the Glasgow Corporation's Housing Committee that "on Tuesdays, when all the washing's out, it'll be like a great ship in full sail", a reference to Glasgow's shipbuilding heritage.
He hoped to revive working-class life of the tenement back green.
His remarks helped break down resistance to tall blocks among the councillors.
The aim was to replace 62 acres (25 ha) of slums in Hutchesontown with new low and high rise housing, schools and shops. The development consisted of five phases – A through E – each designed by a different architect. Sir Basil Spence and his assistant Robert Matthew were assigned their site in a series of meetings at the Department of Health for Scotland in late 1957 and 1958. After going independent from Spence and forming his own practice, Matthew later designed the adjacent Area B or "Riverside" estate which opened in 1964, and unlike Area C, has survived to the present day.
Hutchesontown C was commissioned in 1959, with Spence receiving assistance from a project architect, Charles Robertson. Spence and Robertson, partly inspired by Le Corbusier's giant maisonette blocks in Marseille, designed two "colossal, rugged 20-storey slabs" featuring inset communal balconies. In revealing the design, Spence said to the Glasgow Corporation's Housing Committee that "on Tuesdays, when all the washing's out, it'll be like a great ship in full sail", a reference to Glasgow's shipbuilding heritage. He hoped to revive working-class life of the tenement back green. His remarks helped break down resistance to tall blocks among the councillors.
Hutchesontown C