Historic Govan Buildings:

Pearce Institute
840 Govan Rd
Robert Rowand Anderson
1905

Govan Parish Church
866 Govan Rd
Robert Rowand Anderson
1888

Govan Town Hall - Proposal
Former Govan Town Hall to be redeveloped for film, media & creative companies by Film City Glasgow
Jul 2007
Govan Town Hall:

photo © isabelle lomholt sep 2006

Contemporary Govan Buildings:

Govan building : Orkney Street
Wylie Shanks Architects - former Govan Police Station

Orkney Street : Model of original design by Ata Studios, Aug 2006

Govan building : Ibrox Stadium

ibrox building from west - image © adrian welch

Govan building : Kinning Park - 'The Media Quarter'

building image from RMJM Architects Jul 2005

Famous buildings in Govan include Ibrox Stadium (Rangers FC) and on the eastern edge Pacific Quay + Glasgow Science Centre

Govan housing: 20 Affordable apartments with Linthouse HA, Scotland
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Govan cranes, from Glasgow Harbour across the River Clyde:

photos © isabelle lomholt sep 2006

Details of Govan buildings welcome: info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk



Govan Building: image from Anderson Bell + Christie

Kelly MacKinnon of Anderson Bell + Christie:
Govan Sketch Competition - Winner


Govan Building: image from Anderson Bell + Christie

Govan Village, Glasgow

A series of urban pontoons, individually accommodating housing and landscape, have a dialogue with the Clyde and respond to the historic background of Govan. These stretch out into the Clyde allowing ownership of what has now become a desolate landscape.

The housing is a high-density arrangement, every plot footprint consistent, but each house individual. Housing is accessed via landscaped walkways and with individual pontoons for mooring of boats. The rich landscaping scattered throughout the site is homogenised with a low-tech approach to the materiality of the housing. Varying textures and materials including corten steel, galvanised panels, copper, zinc and aluminium respond to Govan's shipbuilding days.
Glasgow has a long tradition of open green space within the city, but there is scope to take this from the public domain into a semi-private one. The green urban spaces amongst the housing are complemented with a mix of resident allotments from which produce will be sold at the local Govan market. The allotments will accommodate workshops, providing residents with space to work and storage facilities. This regeneration of Govan creates a self-sufficient village at the water edge.

anderson bell christie

anderson bell + christie, formed in 1991, are a young practice who are establishing their name in the design of contemporary and socially responsive architecture for the 21st century.

Growing from a background in community driven housing and having worked in many areas of urban deprivation in Glasgow, the office portfolio has expanded to include schools, refurbishment & private housing projects.
The office operates from their own award winning office located in Glasgow's Great Western Road.

Buildings designed by Glasgow based architects Anderson Bell + Christie; a practice with an established reputation for high quality architectural and urban design, recognised by the Architecture Foundation as one of UK's New Architects. AB+C collaborate with artists as a way of adding meaning and value to their work.




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Govan Sketch Competition: RIAS PR

Sketch ideas for the future of Govan and its reconnection by pedestrian ferry to the north bank have gone on exhibition at the Pearce Institute, Govan High Street. Some have explored a new transportation hub at the Underground, others propose bringing the water in to Govan Cross; one suggests a cable car link to the foot of Byres Road.

Timed to coincide with the RIAS Annual Convention, being held at Govan Old Parish Church on 5 & 6 May, three sketch competitions, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise, with total prize funds worth over £8,000, were set up to encourage debate and new ideas for the ancient burgh. Schoolchildren from Elderpark and St Anthony's primary schools thought about the design of a new ferryboat; architectural students looked at the ferry terminal/bar/restaurant building, while architects tested ideas for mixed waterfront uses.

Judges
Gordon Murray, RIAS President
Councillor Pat Chalmers
Rev. Norman Shanks
Bill Nicol, Scottish Enterprise
Steven Tolson, Urbanist
George Wyllie, Sculptor

Thanks are due to: Tom McInally, McInally Associates; Tom Turley, Glasgow City Council; and Liz McCaffrey & team, The Pearce Institute.

The exhibition is open from 9 - 5 daily except on 5 + 6 May when it is part of the
RIAS Convention event; it closes at 2pm on Fri 13 May, moving to the RIAS Gallery in Rutland Square Edinburgh.

ARCHITECT WINNERS:

1st place
Kelly MacKinnon of Anderson Bell + Christie Architects
with Judy Cheung, Paul Taylor and David Kennedy.

The winning scheme (scheme 6b) introduced fingers of development - mostly housing in dense but detached 4-storey form, pointing northward to, and into, the river; with a range of mixed uses including allotments to the east, and a new square. The judges appreciated the degree of thought put into it, and the clarity of its presentation. The winning team receives a cheque in the sum of £4500, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise.

2nd place
Gordon McGregor of RMJM Glasgow with Elizabeth Schalenbourg

Second placed (£1000 prize) was scheme 5, which explored the idea of a cable car connection from Govan to the foot of Byres Road, with an integrated market and mixed-use development.

3rd place
Colin Kinnear of Riach Partnership Architects with Dermot Smyth

Third placed (£500 prize) was scheme 3 which proposed a pedestrian bridge to the North Bank, while drawing the water into Govan Centre. An innovative transport hub extended this valley motif.

STUDENTS

Winners and cheque of £700:
Sean Dawkins (University of Edinburgh)
Benjamin Olschner (University of Edinburgh)

Commendations and cheques of £150:
David Eland (University of Edinburgh)
Tamsin Cunningham & Donna Walker (University of Edinburgh)

Prizes sponsored by RIAS Insurance Services

SCHOOL PUPILS

Note: Awards to school pupils will be made on Thursday 12 May at the Pearce Institute by George Wyllie

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Govan Parish Church architect : Robert Rowand Anderson