Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects
Project granted Planning Consent 061107
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Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects have lodged a Detailed Planning Application with Glasgow City Council for the former Odeon Cinema on West Regent Street to create a mix Grade A Office, Restaurant and Leisure Complex, retaining the original 1930’s ‘Art Deco’ corner frontage on Renfield Street.
The proposals are for Duddingston House Properties and include the demolition of the ‘brick box’, which was the cinema auditorium, to the rear of the Art Deco building. The application comes after 3 years of marketing to attract occupiers to a nightclub and restaurant complex. A previous application was granted planning consent by the Council in 2004.
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects, designers of the award winning Sentinel office building, have developed a strikingly cool contemporary mixed commercial development.The retained section will be restored to its original 1934 design. This city landmark will be re-named “The Paramount Building” recognising its heritage. The Paramount was the cinema's original name.
The architects believe that the project will act as a catalyst for the regeneration of this part of the city centre. Adoption of the ‘state of the art’ glass technology, to enhance transparency, is designed to embody the memory and scale of the former auditorium at street level with an office tower set back over eleven storeys and accessed from West Nile Street.
Following detailed talks with Historic Scotland and the City Planning Department, this creates an opportunity to remove the least attractive building in the City Centre. Additionally, it will introduce a much improved and vibrant streetscape along both West Regent Street and West Nile Street.
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