Opinions invited on new proposal for Glasgow's tallest building
November 26 2020
Watkin Jones Group is inviting the public to have their say on the delivery of a build to rent development in Glasgow city centre comprising 825 apartments.
Replacing the current Portcullis House at Charing Cross the scheme centres on a landmark tower of around 30 storeys and an animated streetscape of retail, a cafe and co-working space.
Led by Hawkins\Brown the plan is to repair the urban block at India Street with twin towers forming an active and landscaped frontage to the dead zone of the M8 motorway. The landscape strategy will employ green roof terraces and a boulevard approach along Newton Street peppered with pockets of break out space.
On their exhibition boards, Hawkins\Brown wrote: "As sandstone is no longer quarried in sufficient quantities locally to be viable in the modern age, our approach will be to respond to these tones and textures that are such a defining characteristic of the cityscape.
"The elevational treatment of the building is still in the design development stage but different facade hierarchies are being assessed to bring a subtly different character to the various different blocks being proposed on the site."
Representatives of the developer and design team will be on hand between 15:00 and 20:00 to field any questions relating to the development via the consultation website.
Subject to the necessary approvals work will start on-site toward the tail end of 2021 for occupation by 2024.
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29 Comments
Also, concerned about the height directly beside the entrance to the train station. If you have ever been on St Vincent St beside ScottishPower it is impossible to walk, cycle or push a pram when there are strong winds.
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For families to be able to grow into bigger apartments and not leave the city. Thus lots of new tiny feet!
I believe that does count as growing the city centre. :)
The other complaints on here are fluff. This is a city centre location, the scale and target markets for these buildings are appropriate (though I personally don't agree with BTR).
This is a perfect example of why the general public have no business commenting on planning applications.
My comment is directly from parents living here in the community. :)
As part of the climate emergency the government should put a ban on the construction of new buildings, only gardens should be allowed, we should be clearing as many buildings as possible from our cities and replace them with allotments.
I'd love to see the like of the City Chambers bulldozed and replaced with allotments where people can grow fruit and veg.
If you look at old maps of the Glasgow area pre-1700 it was all small villages and meadows, that's what the council should be looking at returning to.
Maybe it would be an idea to demolish every building built after the year 1700 in Glasgow and replace it with a peace garden?
That would go a long way to healing the planet.
Be careful what you wish for.
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