Tower block designers go back to the future for new-look city

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2005 / March 22

Architects have redrawn Glasgow's future skyline because the first version was too reminiscent of the Sixties and the city's obsession with high living. A week after the announcement that the six towering Red Road flats are to be demolished, it was revealed yesterday that the design for Glasgow's newest skyscrapers has been modified. The second phase of the Ł500 million Glasgow Harbour development was too much like "1960s Glasgow", according to a report by the Royal Fine Arts Commission. The architecture watchdog had been asked for its opinion on the draft design for five proposed tower blocks on the south bank of the Clyde.

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