Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects have submitted their proposals for a new 14 storey residential tower on Clyde Street to Glasgow City Council for planning approval. The building, to be named Unicorn Tower, has been commissioned by the Lion Group Ltd, owners of the existing two buildings that the new project will replace.

"We've taken our cue from the Icon Building " says architect Alan Dunlop " our building will have a simple but rigorous geometry and pared modern detailing". What will set it apart from all other developments on the river though, will be the "winter gardens" to the front. Facing onto the Clyde they will be in constructed in structural glass, each piece carefully positioned to give shelter but still a feeling of an outside space. " The glass to the winter gardens will also be patterned and fritted, like an art work" adds Dunlop "and the side elevations will be finished in an innovative steel paneling system, like Hans Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonie Concert Hall and will have a golden lustre".

"It will be an excellent new building on the waterfront" says Gordon Murray" which will sit well within the city centre conservation area but point to the future for the city. We have shown in our submission the changes taking place on the river and included drawings which record all the new development on a mile long stretch along the Broomilaw and ending at Clyde Street, so that our proposal can be looked at in this new context, not necessarily against the unlisted terrace it will replace".

Building will begin on the project in Spring of 2005 and be completed two years later in 2007.