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Glasgow Tower Blocks + Skyscrapers

Tall Building Developments in Strathclyde, west Scotland

Glasgow Towers

Proposed + Existing Towers in Strathclyde ranked by height

Dalmarnock Tower – 55 floors
Cheapside 1 – 50 floors
Cheapside 2 – 50 floors
Cheapside 3 – 50 floors
Elphinstone Place – 39 floors
Elmbank tower – 28 floors
Elphinstone urban village 1 – 27 floors
Custom House Quay – 24 floors
Glasgow Harbour (Phase 2) 1 – 23 floors
Elphinstone urban village 2 – 20 floors
Glasgow Harbour 1 – 20 floors
Glasgow Harbour (Phase 2) 2 – 17 floors
Glasgow Harbour (Phase 2) 3 – 17 floors
Glasgow Harbour (Phase 2) 4 – 17 floors
Glasgow Harbour (Phase 2) 5 – 17 floors
Tradeston tower – 17 floors
Dixon Street tower – 16 floors
Dundas Wharf – 16 floors
Glasgow Harbour 2 – 15 floors
Graving dock 1 – 15 floors
Graving dock 2 – 15 floors
Elmbank tower 2 – 14 floors
Aurora tower – 14 floors
Cheapside hotel – 14 floors
Lancefield Quay – 14 floors
Unicorn tower – 13 floors

Scottish Skyscrapers
Elphinstone Place: image from Cooper Cromar Architects

Glasgow skyscrapers – 2006

Cheapside
Elphinstone Place
Elmbank Tower
Elphinstone Urban Village
Custom House Quay
Glasgow Harbour phase 2
Glasgow Harbour phase 1
Tradeston Tower
Dixon Street Tower
Dundas Wharf
Graving Dock
Aurora Tower
Lancefield Quay
Unicorn Tower

Glasgow Tower:
Glasgow Science Centre
photo © Adrian Welch

Key Glasgow Tower in more detail

Dalmarnock Tower
Address: Millerfield Road, Dalmarnock
Architects: John Russell Partnership
Developer: Grantly Developments (Parkhead) Ltd / Arup Scotland

Glasgow skyscrapers
Approximate heights – please note proposed towers may vary:

Highest Proposed but not permitted:
Dalmarnock Tower – 180 metres high

Highest Permitted but not built:
Elphinstone Place – 134 metres high

Highest existing:
Glasgow tower – 125 metres high

Scottish skyscrapers
Edinburgh’s Tallest Building: Exchange Tower – CDA Architects
Forth Ports Plc reportedly looking at building a 35-40 storey skyscraper at Leith Docks

Skyscraper Links
Tall buildings in UK
London Skyscrapers

Glasgow Tower @ Glasgow Science Centre

Glasgow skyscraper : Elphinstone Place

Glasgow Transport Museum
Glasgow Transport Museum
photo © Adrian Welch

Buildings / photos for the Glasgow Tower Blocks Architecture page welcome

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