Glasgow Central Station Redevelopment, Strathclyde Rail Building Renewal Architects, Scottish Railway Architecture
Glasgow Central Station
Category A listed Building in Strathclyde refurbishment design by Atkins, Scotland
14 April 2021
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Glasgow Central Station Building Renewal
Design: Design & Engineering, Atkins
Atkins have completed a number of significant interventions within the Category A listed Glasgow Central Station.
Main entrances from Union Street and the low level station have been transformed in advance of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games along with the main concourse washrooms in an attempt to elevate the quality of passenger experience within the internationally significant station building.
photo © Andrew Lee Photographer
The presence of the low level station within the upper concourse has been heightened through the introduction of tall, delicate archway structure which recalls the original decorative gateways and barriers.
photo © Andrew Lee Photographer
The significance of secondary access to Union Street has been intensified through the introduction of large format porcelain tiles which create a dialogue with the ashlar sandstone and granite of the original building. The large format gates, like the archway, feature ornate metalwork based on the motifs and symbols found in the original station environment.
photo © Andrew Lee Photographer
Logan Doak, Project Architect at Design & Engineering, Atkins said:
There was an over reliance on complex signage within the station and there was a desire to simplify the passenger journey and communicate important gateways from a distance through material and form. Although significant in scale the new Arch and gateways are elegantly proportioned and delicately perforated, laser cut steel plates help belie their structural weight.
We have very much enjoyed working with the Central Station team and congratulate them on their success in becoming ‘European Station of the year 2014′.
photos © Andrew Lee Photographer
Glasgow Central Station Restoration images / information from Atkins Design & Engineering
Glasgow Central Station Renewal architects : Atkins
Location: 79 Gordon St, Glasgow, Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, United Kingdom
Central Station Glasgow
Central Station regeneration project by Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects and Arup Scotland won a prestigious Europa Nostra Award:
Glasgow Station photo: Guthrie Photography, provided by gm+ad architects
Address: 79 Gordon Street, Glasgow, UK G1 3SL
Phone: 0845 711 4141
Central Station History
Central Station: Blyth & Cunningham 1876-79
Central Hotel: Rowand Anderson 1879; James Miller 1901-06
Central Station regeneration: gm + ad architects 2003
Central Station Glasgow redevelopment architect : gm + ad architects
Central Hotel initial architect – Rowand Anderson
Central Station – photo : Andrew Lee, provided by gm+ad architects
Central Hotel Glasgow completion architect – James Miller
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