Montrose Street property, Cochrane Square offices building photo, CZWG Scottish design images

Montrose Street Glasgow Cochrane Square

Glasgow Buildings at Cochrane Square, Strathclyde, Scotland design by CZWG Architects, London, UK.

post updated 15 February 2025

Location: just east of George Square in the city centre, on the north side of the Merchant City

Cochrane Square Office Building

Design: CZWG Architects

building exterior photos © Adrian Welch

Location: Montrose Stree, central Glasgow
Client: Kantel | HBG
Content: 13,000m² Office
Status: Built

Deyan Sudjic, formerly Director of the City of Culture, said:
The essence of Glasgow’s city centre depends on stone, on classicism and on the grid. What CZWG have done is demonstrate that it is possible to redeploy all three elements in a convincingly contemporary take on the dynamic that gave Glasgow its original urban character.

The Cochrane Square site lies between Ingram street and Cochrane Street where the Merchant City meets the civic grandeur of the City Chambers, according to CZWG. The late, legendary, Andrew Doolan of Kantel commissioned this grand office building.

The property development was built in two phases for the Housing Department and the Inland Revenue by HBG Properties. The façades of figured Locharbriggs Stone and bronze framed glazing set back twice at the street corner and 5th and 6th floors.

The ‘sliced’ quality of the recessed cornices and column bases echo the architecture of the great Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson. The only projections being the seven pre cast Clyde order column capitals in the form of ships prows which provide crow’s nest balconies on the 4th floor.

Montrose Street

Looking north up Montrose St:

building photograph © Adrian Welch

On the corner of this road is Cochrane Square by London (Postmodern) architects CZWG:
Cochrane Square Building
property exterior photo © Adrian Welch

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Glasgow Walking Tours

Historic Glasgow : best Glasgow buildings of the past.

Buildings close to Montrose Street

City Chambers – located just to the west:

photo © Adrian Welch

Hutchesons Hospital – located just to the south:

photo © Adrian Welch

Trades Hall – located to the south:

photo © Adrian Welch

Britannia Music Hall – located quite far south:

photo © Adrian Welch

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23 Montrose Street

Twenty-three Montrose Street is a listed building in the east side of the City Chambers complex and is suitable for smaller ceremonies. The building is newly refurbished to meet modern requirements however the original beauty of the building has been expertly restored and retained.

Twenty-Three Montrose St has two rooms available for civil ceremonies. The Clyde room accommodates up to 15 guests while The Kelvin can accommodate approximately 30 guests.

Ceremonies are available at this newly restored building can be held from Monday to Saturday each week at various times throughout the day with the exception of public holidays.
source: glasgow.gov.uk

Website: 23 Montrose Street Glasgow

Contemporary Central Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection in the area, below:

65-97 Ingram Street Glasgow

Candleriggs Square Apartments Merchant City

Glasgow Cross, East End
Design: Gholami Baines Architects
Glasgow Cross

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