St John Ogilvie’s Roman Catholic church, Edinburgh (1970)
Sir Frank Mears & Partners were appointed as architects for the area of Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, which had previously been farmland. Along with housing and schools they built this church. Residents expected more. ‘A primary school, a shop and lots of houses – that about sums up Wester Hailes,’ reported their newsletter. ‘We need a secondary school quickly, a community centre, nursery facilities for the young children and their mothers, a club for our teenagers, more shops, a post office, letter boxes. You name it, we haven’t got it’
Photograph: Matthew Dransfield