Charing Cross, Venlaw Tower Glasgow, Offices, Scotland, Project
Charing Cross Glasgow : Venlaw Tower
Venlaw Tower building - design by ZM Architecture, Architect
14 Feb 2011 Venlaw TowerCredential Charing Cross Ltd has submitted plans for a 19 storey (77.4m) tower at 359 Bath Street, Glasgow.Known as the Venlaw Tower, the scheme comprises a curving façade of reflective glass curtain walling, concealing 83 one and two bedroom flats. It is designed to repair the ragged streetscape around Charing Cross with pavement hugging retail and creates a vertical focal point to the M8 corridor. Speculative studies into roofing over the M8 have proved fruitless however, there is insufficient air space to prevent an impediment to traffic. A raised deck was considered in light of this but such an approach would present its own complications for pedestrians. ZM Architecture, the designers behind the scheme, stated: "The proposal closes an open undefined corner and responds to the curve of both Tay House and the drum of the Mitchell Library frontage. "The form becomes an expressive curve that works as a counterpoint to the formal rectangular repetition of the Seifert Tower." Charing Cross office tower - Richard Seifert Zoo architects did a proposal for Charing Cross site in 2004 Development for Credential Charing Cross Ltd Zoo architects is no more, part of the practice became ZM Architecture |
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