Moxy Hotel roll-out extends to Glasgow’s Collegelands
April 13 2016
Conforming to an existing master plan for the 47,000sq/m site the project will occupy a footprint of just 8,000sq/m including ground floor reception, lounge, bar and buffet space alongside new landscaping and a public square which will double as a taxi drop off area.
In a statement the design team wrote: “The final product has a characteristic and eye-catching front façade, with firm vertical divisions that then echo throughout the building, broken by horizontal stripes.
“The glazed ground floor of Moxy responds to the glazed ground floor of the adjacent office building. By opening the square in front the fact that the buildings are so close to each other is not that noticeable.”
Designed in-house by Vastint the scale, height, massing and materials are still to be finalised ahead of a formal planning application expected within the next few months.
Moxy are also delivering a 230-bed hotel at Edinburgh Airport and a 200-bed development close to Aberdeen Airport.
6 Comments
#1 Posted by ramp on 14 Apr 2016 at 12:55 PM
Someone go tell them they've orientated it the wrong way it it doesn't comply with the masterplan? also, a touch too close to the office block?
#2 Posted by Gamma Ray on 14 Apr 2016 at 14:47 PM
Nearly as poxy as the one with the big pink sign...
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5920/Moxy_move_on_Edinburgh_Airport_with_230_bed_hotel.html
or the ribbed effort:
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/4933/Grey_Aberdeen_hotel_scheme_hits_planners_desks.html
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5920/Moxy_move_on_Edinburgh_Airport_with_230_bed_hotel.html
or the ribbed effort:
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/4933/Grey_Aberdeen_hotel_scheme_hits_planners_desks.html
#3 Posted by A Local Pleb on 15 Apr 2016 at 13:16 PM
Moxy reads boxy...boring, bland, banal...another disappointing contribution to Glasgow.
#4 Posted by An office worker on 16 Mar 2017 at 11:42 AM
I work in the office block next door , so I guess I'm going to have a great view of their bedrooms ... please remember to draw the curtains !!
#5 Posted by another office worker on 12 Sep 2017 at 12:32 PM
I also work in the office next door looking onto which as I speak is a building site, when built it will block all natural light......thanks for that.
#6 Posted by office worker on 15 May 2018 at 11:33 AM
this new hotel,will be known as THE POXY HOTEL, well done who thought of MOXY !!!
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