Speirs Locks Studio Glasgow Building, Canal Regeneration Scotland, Garscube Rd development, Architect design

Speirs Locks Studio Glasgow

Garscube Road Building Development design by Malcolm Fraser Architects

19 May 2011

Design: Malcolm Fraser Architects

Speirs Locks Studio Building

Four, nondescript, 1980s portal frame buildings have been skilfully and economically transformed into new technical teaching areas, including design studios, teaching rooms, a wardrobe department with paint, timber and stage workshops for the Royal Academy of Music and Drama.

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Garscube Road building photos © David Morris

Speirs Locks Studio

It is a strongly detailed transformation with an industrial aesthetic. Access is organised on two levels providing views down to the workshops from the upper level. A separate entrance facilitates access to four new, naturally lit, studios for students of contemporary ballet and musical theatre.

The building has been re-roofed, and new windows and profiled cladding further enhance its energy efficiency. A large, brightly painted sign, direct onto the existing brickwork marks the advent of this important new cultural asset for this area of Glasgow.

Speirs Locks Studios – Building Information

Location: Speirs Locks Studio, Garscube Road, Glasgow, G4, Scotland, UK
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Client: RSAMD
Contractor: Thomas Johnstone
Structural Engineer: Struer Consulting Engineers

Contract Value: £3.25m
Date of completion: Aug 2010
Gross internal area: 3,480 sqm

Malcolm Fraser Architects

Speirs Locks

Speirs Locks
Speirs Locks Proposal
architecture picture from architect office

Port Dundas Speirs WharfBuildings : Port Dundas Housing
Port Dundas housing Glasgow
Port Dundas housing picture from architect practice

Speirs Locks Development : main page on the development
Speirs Locks Development
picture from architect studio

Speirs Locks former Masterplanners : Make Architects

Website: www.innovationdigital.co.uk

An interesting histroic property located close by:

Queens Cross Church, Garscube
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Queens Cross Church

Glasgow Building Designs

Contemporary Glasgow Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:

Riverside Museum, north side of the River Clyde, southwest of the city centre
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Riverside Museum Glasgow

Radisson Hotel, Argyle Street
Design: gm+ad architects
Radisson Hotel

Burrell Collection, Pollok, southwest of the city centre
Burrell Museum

RSAMD

Buchanan Street

St Enoch Centre

Armadillo Glasgow
Clyde Auditorium
property photo © Isabelle Lomholt

Fort Shopping Centre

Strathclyde Building Designs

Contemporary Strathclyde Properties – selection:

Ruchill Free Church Halls, Ruchill St – former mission halls for the Westbourne Free Church
Date built: 1899
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Ruchill Free Church Halls

New Historic Environment Grants Programme
New Historic Environment Grants Programme

Workplace environments must adapt quicker
Workplace environments must adapt quicker

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