It's inconceivable to think that this is the product of Architects who have presumably been through 5 years of Architecture School. What on earth gets taught in these places?

Crikey, that is one ugly building...

Complete dogs breakfast. Where to start, the nauseatingly odd, mis-aligned curved corner detail? The offensive blank gable end which soars up 5 storeys? the confused elevation composition?....the materials?

L0L

I dread to think what the rear elevation of this monstrosity looks like.

Reminds me of a hinge.....

How do these people sleep at night.

It's inoffensive which is the new offensive.I think if the panels were limestone blocks it might almost be ok but I'm guessing they are just cladding?

it is certainly an improvement on the previous version, despite the extra height it is a lot more elegant and simplified, and not as blocky and intrusive as the earlier one.
The rounded corner is just so unpleasant though, fix that and you've got a winner.
.. And then maybe chop 10 storeys off it.

It is a little better than the previous effort, but way too tall and imposing, which smacks of greed. Whatever happened to context??

At 'Sam' (#1): 'Architecture School' teaches many things but not how to balance your client's commercial constraints, your structural engineer's technical restrictions, your M+E engineer's requirements, nor the myriad of limits imposed upon any given design by planning and building control. In an ideal world us architects wouldn't have to consider anything other than designing beautiful buildings but - sadly - it is a naive pipe dream to think that is the case.
Large, public buildings, and 'icons' can be beautiful and meet the requirements above, often at huge expense, and because they are designed to be showstoppers. Humble clients, humble architects, and humble buildings must do the best we can given the framework in which we operate.
This building might not be the best (far from it), and the curve has got to go, but I can guarantee the architect hasn't just thought 'screw it, I don't care, make it ugly'. They have tried.

Still using that white van in the drawing to hide the fate that awaits the collage bar.

Well said PJ.

So this is AFTER discussions with the council??? It needs to be at least 8 stories lower.

I have to admit, this is a big improvement, but the corner is killing it. Maybe squaring it off might work, but maybe the curve could possibly also work if the windows were arranged differently, but as it stands its the stand out issue for me.

This area of the city will lose its character if these types of buildings continue to sprout up.

Why does Glasgow persist in building eyesores of the future?
This hingey thing really will look awful and dated in a few years.
OOOH That gable!!! Someone has spent a good 3 minutes designing that.

#15 - Whay character? It's a brownfield right next door to strict city centre. This site needs to be filled asap, however this monstrous building would make it an eyesore.

Just exactly how many more Chinese ant-houses do we need before it all breaks and these rubbish student houses will be converted back to slums. You never learn Glasgow, huh?

SCENE 24
INSIDE SUPERINTENDENTS CORNER OFFICE FLOOR 12

K: WTF? - Corner office without a window onto the big wide world? A classic miss of 80's iconography there. Still, who needs daylight? Bugger the architectural condition. I keep forgetting its 2049.

Hinge towers, brilliant.

Any images of the south elevation UR? I suspect its a multi storey blank gable...

Yes, I've added the perspective looking north from High Street

I think this is much worse than the original iteration.

#10 PJ- balancing all of the complex project requirements and constraints can stil be achieved with a considered and positive architectural response. That's what good architects do..... with all of the demands of a commercially sensitive development. This is not good enough.......not by a long shot.

This looks like they had a ring-binder lying on a desk, had a glance at it and thought, 'that'll do.'

Slightly O/T, but one has to assume that this bubble in student housing will end; what then? We'll be left with a bunch of mostly low-quality buildings, designed around hundreds of studio flats that can't be occupied by more than one person and a goldfish at a time. What use will these buildings be then? Or is that what passes for a plan? Build them to such a low standard that when the bubble bursts, it's cheaper just to knock them down and build something else anew than convert them?

Get a life, this has been an eye sore for decades and the height is needed to make it viable. Well done ADF and team

As long as Glasgow has a large student population, and that doesn't look like changing any time soon, the city will have a demand for student rents. One of the biggest issues with the property rental and sales market in the city centre and West End is the low availability of properties due to the high demand from students.

Glasgow is still several thousand student bed spaces short - and with the expansion of Glasgow Uni towards Byres Road/Dumbarton Road, the expansion of Glasgow City College, the expansion of Glasgow Nautical College and the continued expansion of Strathclyde Uni I don't see the bubble bursting any time soon.

This design, while perhaps not winning any awards, should be credited for looking skywards.

#26 I can't think that many of the above commentators have any issue with height or use.... Just the fact the architecture is utter mince.

In response to 'PJ' - 'Architecture school teaches many things but not how to balance your clients commercial constraints...'
Speaking from first hand experience as a current student: Architecture school is redundant. It's finished, it's as simple as that. The amount Neo-Bauhaus warriors that these places turn out every year will guarantee that we will be living in an eternal nightmare of ugliness for years to come. The root of all this is in the Architecture departments across the country. As a student, I believe they do more harm than good. It's time Architects trained on the job and missed the whole University thing out. That would also solve the problem of where to house the herd of sheep that make their annual pilgrimage to the hear the High Priests of Modern Architecture speak.
Sam

I like this. This building stands out from most of the glass boxes popping up all over the city. And a bit of height too.