Cumbernauld Center photographs

White car on a damp roadway between concrete walls and a grassy embankment, approaching a dark underpass below a blue-trimmed building.

A White Car Heads for the Underpass A single vehicle gives scale to the broad concrete infrastructure at Cumbernauld Center. Lamps stand along the curb and central divider, while trees soften one side of the frame; overhead, the multi-level building spans the route like a gateway. From Whats it called ? Cumbernauld

A van drives under a glazed pedestrian bridge with a heavily rusted steel beam; parked vehicles and a person are visible beyond.

Rust Along the Glazed Bridge Vehicles move through the covered approach as a glazed pedestrian bridge crosses overhead. Flaking rust and peeling paint spread across the structure’s lower beam, contrasting with the cool grey frame, glass panels and wet-looking roadway below. From Whats it called ? Cumbernauld

Metal pedestrian stairs and railings beneath a concrete canopy, framed by a large angled concrete support and grey sky.

Under a Low Sky A metal stairway rises from a damp service-level passage beneath the shopping centre, turning around railings toward an upper walkway. A massive angled concrete support fills the foreground, while grey cloud and a strip of trees soften the hard-edged structure beyond. From Whats it called ? Cumbernauld

Exterior of a shopping centre building with a dark glazed tower beside blue-painted brickwork, circular windows in a white brick band, and dense shrubs around a bare small tree in a brick planter.

Portholes Along the White Brick Band A glazed rectangular tower meets an older blue-painted structure marked by a row of circular openings. Dense shrubs, a bare-branched small tree and a stained brick planter occupy the foreground, softening the hard joins, vents and layered surfaces of the shopping centre exterior. From Whats it called ? Cumbernauld