Glasgow Shopping Arcade, Buchanan Street, Scotland




Address: Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Contact: 0141 221 0324


Glasgow Shopping Arcade: © image Adrian Welch

Refurbished in the mid-eighties this six-floor shopping centre is arranged around a decorative atrium set just off Buchanan Street on its east side not far from Central Station. When it first opened Princes Square Glasgow was featured everywhere as it was a novel concept for Scotland and was seen as being both more upmarket than other emerging shopping malls and more integral to the city's structure.


Glasgow Shopping Mall: © image Adrian Welch

A replica of Foucault's Pendulum is hung in the Princes Square atrium and the symmetrical sweeping staircases use ornate Art Nouveau-influenced balustrading. Some of the spaces are rather dark and unwelcoming such as under the stairs and in side aisles.

Princes Square - Opening Times:
Mon-Sat: 9am-1am
Sun: 11.30am-5.30pm




Information correct at time of writing - please check information with Princes Square owners: +44 141 204 1685

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Princes Square Glasgow: General enquiries & customer service
enquiries@princessquare.co.uk
Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JX




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The Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Model was given for Princes Square, Speciality Shopping Centre, Glasgow to the Hugh Martin Partnership

Princes Square Glasgow - Website: www. princessquare.co.uk