Good to see in these lean times, ABC aren't wasting money on decent quality 3D visualisations.
That is possibly the worst model I have ever seen.

3D graphics that a first year Arch student would be ashamed of.

while I agree with the above 2 statements I think the 3d is quite brilliant in the fact it completely disguises the fact that this building steps out some 2-3m in front of a Grade B listed tenemental line. Quite how ABC got away with that is beyond me.

"Much of Yorkhill now comprises bland brick infill" is the tagline on this photo actually a dig at the ABC proposals? Or am I being cynical here??

Graeme, if the quote isn't a dig at the ABC proposals then it should be. Not only have they not wasted any money on decent 3D, they haven't wasted any on a decent design either. "...full height glazing to define the prominent junction..." - give me strength!! God forbid that this amalgam of off-the-peg contemporary cliches should actually aspire to be a piece of architecture and address its' context other than some half-baked attempt to step up in height towards the corner because the accommodation required is actually an over-development of the site.

The justification for the building stepping out beyond the tenemental line was that the design matches the established building line on this site. This decision by Glasgow City Council is based on the previous building which was demolished and I believe as a result provides a relatively weak rationale for the decision.

As you say sam, a weak decision for stepping out. Just because a bad decision had been made to permit that building line previously, that is no reason to make the same bad decision again.

Nope - image still sh*te!