I like the townhouses. The proportions work, with a modern interpretation of the traditional row house. The bold length of the unbroken building works here. I am not enamoured by the apartments, however. The design talent was concentrated on the high-revenue townhouses. The change in material at the top, to the rear, seems a little arbitrary without a change in form to complement it. I think the building fails to terminate adequately with the ground too, with very little interest at a pedestrian scale.

Don't be fooled by the false image 3.

The actual river Kelvin is at the bottom of a massive bank, about the same height as those 7 storey towers again. The lift towers are already up and look HUGE. Not exactly the duck pond image they are showing.

Not convinced by the townhouses, although at lease they are the right height. Pity they didnt break up the endless Stalinist block into something more human / house scaled.

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I like the street elevation. It seems to have power and repose and the garden thresholds will inevitably soften and humanise it. Admirable restraint shown and (if detailed well with good quality materials), this should be a nice addition to Glasgow and feels like it relates and is specific to it. The length and rigour seem to reference a number of Georgian, classically inspired terraces.
The railings/balustrades need a bit of work mind you… and the less said about the flats the better.

Is there any latest plan or section? This is an architecture website and there isn't any info about that? Perspective can be rather deceiving...

I don't know, the terrace of townhouses is a bit relentless. If you're going to reference a Georgian archetype, as with the corner features, why not introduce a central feature, or even a subtle curve in the plan?
Good, but could be better - as for the flats? Oh no.

Clearly all efforts for any aesthetic merit have been invested in the street elevation - the townhouses. The number of people who see those will be very small, given that it is not a busy street. The river aspect will be viewed by thousands of people every day. On a Summer's evening, over 200 people pass the weir on the Kelvin walkway in just an hour, and over 500 traverse the Eastern pavement of the Queen Margaret Drive bridge between 8.30 and 9.30am, even outside of university term time. That stretch of the River Kelvin runs between two stops on the open top tourist bus tour of Glasgow. It could barely be a more prestigious site. That those flats have so little architectural merit is a tragedy for Glasgow.

If IKEA built flats...

What a lovely modern council flat theme... I'm
Sure it will go well with the Grade 2 Georgian Hamilton Drive which is probably one of Glasgows most notably important sandstone terraces architecturally ... In the green leafy conservation area. Clearly no thought for what the residents thought. They originally wanted a sky scraper affect. Thanks for ruining a great street.

#8 The buidlings on Hamilton Drive are not Georgian.

You take some badly educated Glasgow City Council Planning teams with little architectural knowledge, experience, passion or affiliation to the area, and you give them a few corporate dinners, cheeky handshakes (and brown paper bags). And voila... You can have what you want #developersinbedwiththecouncil #glaagowcitycouncilvandalisecityheritageyetagain

We appealed against the height of the flats - to no avail! The reality is even worse than our worst fears completely destroying the tranquility and beauty of this corner of Glasgow - shame on the planners to have allowed such an inappropriate development in a Conservation area!