This fourth picture is an absolute con, and uses wide angle perspective CGI rendering to give an entirely false representation of how far the new hotel (ie where the camera position is) from Provost Skene's House. Sadly it's all too easy to con people with CGI images.

In Glasgow, the City Council Planning Department have taken it upon themselves to produce CGI images for important, sensitive projects, given an unbiased and more truthful representation of the reality of space.

I challenge MUSE to advise us all, via the masterplan, what the distance is between the hotel (which has quite rightly already been roundly slated on here for it's blandness) and Provost Skene's House. I suspect it certainly won't be any where near the distance that is depicted here.

David, if you are referring to GCC's use of the Glasgow Model you are incorrect in your assertion. Images produced in this manner are the result of a collaboration between the planning department and the applicant. In other words all visuals are agreed. This process can and frequently does include images which show the particular project off to its best advantage or which (at least in the eyes of the developer) the Planning Committee or public might find compelling. Even the inclusion of 'verifiable' or 'key' images are the product of a consensus between applicant/agent and the department.
Unbiased?...Certainly not. More truthful?... You'd need the services of a philosopher as well as a visualiser.
One thing I think we do agree on and which cannot be denied is that the images here presented give a fair indication of its lumpen banality.

HFM seem to have framed Provost Skene's house with the same sensitivity with which they framed the Triple Kirks spire.

Roddy,

Ok so maybe my point of reference (ie GCC example) is a poor one. I stand by my arguement though that what is portrayed here in the final image will be far from reality, and the historic building will feel more like it has been swamped by large buildings very close to it.

The main image is impossible; the elevation of Provost Skene's house in the image faces South East meaning that for the sun to be illuminating it from that angle it would have to be in the North East, from what looks like 11:00am in the morning looking at the shadow angles. In reality at this time of the day it would be closer to the South East and Provost Skenes house would be in the shadow cast by the office block. Just sayin.

The first image does nothing to convince people that Provost Skene's House has been considered carefully... If anything it looks more like they are planning to extend the building by adding on a storey?! A really bad judgement to include that image.

Simply put - you couldn't make it up.