Wylie Shanks Architects - former Govan Police Station:
Orkney Street : Model of original design by Ata Studios
31 Aug 2006
WSA PR re The High School of Glasgow + former Govan Police Station:
Wylie Shanks Architects have been appointed on two significant new projects.
Firstly by Govan Initiative in Glasgow for the conversion and restoration
of the former Police Station in Orkney Street, Govan and secondly by the
High School of Glasgow for a new vertical extension to form Science laboratories.
The £4.5m project in Govan has just received Planning Consent from
Glasgow City Council, and European Regeneration funding has been confirmed.
The former Burgh Hall was extended in the 19th Century with a 3 storey
cell block, and the proposals will retain and restore these elements,
converting them for community office use. A striking atrium and copper
drum extension will link the buildings and provide additional office and
conference space, forming a new public square and a `gateway` building
for Govan.
The High School of Glasgow science wing is the next major project in
a series of commissions for the practice, as architects to the School
for many years. Involving vertical extension over occupied classrooms,
the new laboratories will be spacious to allow flexibility of use, and
a further half-storey shell will be built for future fitting-out. The
£2m project includes mine consolidation and mini-piling works, and
the Planning application has just been submitted to Glasgow City Council.
Iain MacLaren, senior partner at the Glasgow based practice, was delighted
at the new appointments: " Our recent Accreditation in Conservation
Architecture, combined with our philosophy of combining traditional client
service with contemporary design through the use of best practice, have
helped secure the exciting commission in Govan. The project will be an
important next step in the ongoing regeneration of the area, and will
preserve a good example of a Victorian prison as well as the original
Burgh hall. Our further commission from The High School of Glasgow continues
their progressive improvement programme in the quality of facilities for
what is consistently regarded as one of the best independent schools in
Scotland, and we are proud to provide service to them again."
The medium-sized award-winning practice, which was founded in 1912, also
has a substantial involvement in the healthcare sector, and operates throughout
Scotland in all sectors on projects with values up to circa £15m.
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