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Capella : Atlantic Quay - News Update 21 Apr 2009
Architect: BDP
Planning submission by the Capella Group for £90m Atlantic Quay development in Glasgow's IFSD : two office buildings + six-storey, 150-bed hotel. Located on site between James Watt Street and York Street. A public square will also be created along with shops and leisure facilities and developers hope to include a health club and conference centre.
The company is retaining the A-Listed warehouse facade on James Watt Street, built in the mid-19th century. In 1968 the street was the scene of a major tragedy when 22 people died in a fire in an upholstery factory.
The two office buildings will total 227,000 sq ft and there will be a covered courtyard, which developers see as a key feature. The council has already granted outline planning permission for a number of elements of the project and Capella Group is now seeking approval for a revised scheme.
Previously:
This Clydeside project involves around £120m of office development (400,000 sqft), a new financial district for Glasgow extending along the Broomielaw. Atlantic Quay has access to Junction 19 of the M8 motorway with Argyle Street underground station close by.
image by gm+ad architects, drawing by Alan Dunlop
Related development: SEEL, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw
Related gm+ad Project: Anderson Quay
Related gm+ad Project: Glasgow Bridge Competition:
Adjacent to gm+ad architects Atlantic Quay building are three offices by BDP Architects:
Atlantic Quay - BDP Masterplan
The three buildings are Phase I of the BDP Masterplan for Atlantic Quay, extending the Glasgow's commercial area into Broomielaw.
The offices, up to seven storeys high and located around a new Square off Robertson Street / Broomielaw Road / York Street, also connect the River Clyde back to the city.
BDP's Atlantic Quay is for Glasgow & Oriental Developments. The site retains the Grade A listed Clyde Port Authority headquarters.
Another development at Atlantic Quay has been masterplanned by Wilson Bowden Developments (WBD) to create a new housing/leisure/retail quarter.
WBD are working with Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise and Enterprise Glasgow. The six storey 6 Atlantic Quay office building is complete. Other buildings at 4 Atlantic Quay and 1, 2 & 3 Atlantic Square are planned.
British Telecom's new 29,000sqm Headquarters Building for West Central Scotland is located on the River Clyde at the Broomielaw. The £24m BT building has six storeys.
Scottish Enterprise Network, EuroInfo Centre and the Scottish Development International are also based at Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow.
Atlantic Square, York Street / James Watt Street / Robertson Street
Developer - wbdevelopments
BDP Architects
Residential (Building 3) and Commercial (Buildings 1,2,4,5 & 6)
62 flats
Buildings 1-3: £75m; Buildings 4-6: £50m
Approved plans
Buildings 4 & 5 on site
20 Broomielaw : Proposal £60 m
10 floors
Glasgow Tour
Scottish Architecture: best scottish buildings of the last three decades
Atlantic Quay : Building Design Partnership
Edinburgh buildings by BDP:
City of Edinburgh Council HQ
Scottish Widows
Craiglockhart Campus
Edinburgh Conference Centre - Additional Spaces Facility
The four lower Atlantic Quay images provided by BDP Architects Jun 05
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Atlantic Quay Glasgow Building - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt