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West Regent Lane facade
A six-storey office building in central Glasgow
The facades are traditionally built stone as a ‘shell’ enclosure addressing the main street elevations including the east elevation. Into this a glass ‘box’ is given the impression of having been inserted.
This ‘box’ appears above the line of the stone shell at the fifth floor as an attic level and the rear lane to the West Regent Lane elevation again between thick stone bookends. Apertures within the stone shell for window openings will have a thickness of reveal to maintain the illusion of an inner glass box.
The ground floor foyer space is accessed directly without the traditional short flight of steps from West Regent Street. Car parking to the basement is achieved through the use of mechanical stackers, accessed from West Regent Lane.
Data
- Begun: Dec 2007
- Completed: Feb 2009
- Floor area: 2,545m2
- Sector: Office
- Total cost: £4M
- Procurement: Negotiated traditional contract with quantities
- Address: 107 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2DQ, United Kingdom
Tags 
BREEAM Very Good, City centre, Grid, Miesian, Scotland, Suspended skin
Materials
Curtain wall, Glazed facade, Sandstone, Sandstone cladding, Steel frame
Professional Team
- Architect: Gordon Murray Architects, Alan Dunlop
- Project architect: Alexander Thomson
- Client: Kenmore Land Ashford Property WRS
- Structural engineer: Scott Wilson Scotland
- M&E consultant: RSP Consultant Engineers
- Quantity surveyor: Thomas and Adamson
- Planning supervisor: Summers Inman
- Main contractor: Dunne Building and Civil Engineering
