Buchanan St Glasgow: Lighting, Landscaping, Shopping, Architecture

Main Shopping Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK


Buchanan Street Glasgow



Award for Glasgow Street

Buchanan St, Glasgow won a major international award for its new design by Gillespies. The lighting is coloured blue and supplied by Mike Stoane Lighting.

Blue Lighting on Buchanan St
image by Paul Bock from MSL

The long north-south street - a key Glasgow shopping destination - was refurbished by urban designers, Gillespies. The award was received by Gillespies for Glasgow at a ceremony in Chicago. The £10m Buchanan Street refurbishment project lasted six years.

MBM Architects Project
looking up Buchanan St © adrian welch

Refurbishment by Martorell Bohigas & Mackay - MBM Architects - of Barcelona

Gillespies were also involved in Finnieston Bridge across the Clyde in Glasgow


building near Princes Square © adrian welch



Key Buildings on Buchanan Street:

Buchanan Street Tea Rooms by Rennie Mackintosh:
see Willow Tea Rooms

Princes Square by Hugh Martin Partnership:


Princes Square


Buchanan Galleries by Jenkins & Marr Architects:
The Buchanan Galleries shopping centre opened in 1998 at the north end of Buchanan Street.

The Buchanan Galleries architecture is restrained and in a suitably civic large order. The Galleries area of 600,000 sq ft is set to increase following an announcement in April 2004 by the Buchanan Galleries owners - Slough Estates - for doubling of size.
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Buchanan Galleries east of Buchanan Street includes around 80 shops: John Lewis, Habitat, Next, Boots and Hennes. John Lewis and Habitat include cafes.
The Buchanan Galleries car park has 4,500 spaces.
nearest metro: Buchanan Street



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No. 85 Buchanan St is by gillespie kidd & coia, 1970: being refurbished 2005-

Buchanan Galleries opening times

John Lewis Edinburgh

Glasgow Shopping at The Fort

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