[1][2][3] Glenrothes Development Corporation, which was designated in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946,[4] acquired the farmlands around the paper mill from Tullis Russell and Company in 1951.

[5] The west wing of the building was commissioned by the corporation, in the mid-1960s, to be its main offices and to be known as "Glenrothes House".

[6] The building was designed by the chief architect of Glenrothes Development Corporation, Merlyn Christopher Williams, in the Modern style, built in concrete and glass and was completed in 1969.

(Scotland) Act 1994, Fife Regional Council was abolished in 1996 and ownership of the building was transferred to the new unitary authority, Fife Council,[15] which designated the building its main office.

[16] Works of art in the building included an in situ concrete wall designed and sculpted by George Garson.