Buchanan Wharf

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Buchanan Wharf
Cladh Bhochanain
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A night view of the Barclays Bank complex at Tradeston on the south bank of the Clyde. Viewed from the Tradeston Bridge.
Buchanan Wharf
General information
Architectural style Modernist
AddressClyde Place, Glasgow, Scotland, G5 8AQ
Coordinates 55°51′17″N4°15′44″W / 55.8546°N 4.2621°W / 55.8546; -4.2621
Year(s) built2018–2023
Groundbreaking2018
Construction started2 November 2018
Completed2023
OpenedOctober 2021 (Barclays Bank HQ)
Autumn 2023 (SLC HQ)
Cost£95 million
OwnerDrum Property
Technical details
MaterialRinaldi- structal bespoke unitised curtain walling, varied selection of wall types, Corten steel, beaded, silicone glazed and traditional small pane systems
Size500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) [1]
15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) (Building 1)
205,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) (Building 2)
70,000 sq ft (6,500 m2) (Building 3)
Floor count19
Floor area36,353 m2 [2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Halliday Fraser Munro
Architecture firmStallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd

Buchanan Wharf (Scottish Gaelic: Cladh Bhochanain) is a complex of five mixed use buildings in the Tradeston area of Glasgow, Scotland. The complex comprises a total of five buildings, Clyde Place House, Tradescroft, Windmillcroft, Wellcroft and Grays Hill, with main usage being designated as office buildings. The complex houses the European headquarters of Barclays, as well as the headquarters of the Student Loans Company, with other buildings in the complex ranging in usage from residential accommodation and a mix of local amenities. [3]

Contents

The complex comprises two 18-storey twin towers which consist of a total of 324 apartments with dining and gym facilities, a residents lounge, games room and a 4,250-square-foot (395-square-metre) roof terrace. [4]

Background

Construction firm Drum secured the deal with Barclays Bank to construct a new office space in the city centre of Glasgow consisting of a 470,000 sq ft (44,000 m2) Campus at the Buchanan Wharf complex. [3] The deal to purchase around 470,000 sq ft (44,000 m2) of "prime Grade A office space" created accommodation for roughly 2,500 additional jobs in the city, almost doubling Barclays current workforce in Scotland, making the bank one of Glasgow's biggest commercial employers. [3]

The multi-million pound development deal for Buchanan Wharf saw one of Scotland's biggest construction projects. The site provides more than one million square feet (93,000 square metres) of office space, residential accommodation and a mix of local amenities and landscaped public spaces. [3] Described by Barclays Bank as the "flagship project" for the bank, the development was welcomed by at the time First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon who said "This is a project that will be transformational for Glasgow, creating up to 2,500 new jobs in the heart of the city. The new campus will strengthen Glasgow’s financial services sector and shows Scotland continues to be a highly attractive location for inward investment". [3]

Development

Construction on the complex began in 2018, with the construction of the Barclays Bank building being completed by 2021 when it was officially opened by First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon. [1] The entire complex was completed over the following two years, with the final phase involving the construction of a six-storey building – to become the headquarters for the Student Loans Company after a 20-year lease of the building was agreed – due to be occupied by 1,100 staff by Autumn 2023. [5]

The complex comprises a total of five Buildings, each of which varies in terms of height, floor space and usage, with two twin tower buildings consisting of 324 Build to Rent (BTR) apartments for Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), a six-storey office building for the Student Loans Company, and a five-storey office building serving as the Northern European campus HQ of Barclays Bank. [5]

Site

The Twin Towers at the site Buchanan Wharf development (geograph 7159797).jpg
The Twin Towers at the site

Buildings

The Buchanan Wharf complex comprises five buildings in total:

Location

The complex is located in the Tradeston area of Glasgow City Centre which suffered profoundly from the demise of the shipbuilding and associated river dock industries that Glasgow had become renowned for and on which its economy had largely depended, as well as traffic management systems operating in the area. The area lies on the banks of the River Clyde, incorporating three entire city blocks, and is seen to being key to Glasgow's city centre regeneration strategies. [6] It is served by Bridge Street station on the Glasgow Subway.

Citing a lack of clear urban form of the development of the derelict site, contractors Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd presented development plans to establish a "new destination for the area", with a primary focus on movement, accessibility, and permeability. [6]

Accolades

The development won both the Master Planning award and Regeneration Project of the Year award at the 2022 Scottish Design Awards. [7] [6]

See also

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  2. ↑ "Planning Permission" (PDF). Planning - Planning Application Documents. PBN Holdings Ltd. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Drum Secures Barclays at Buchanan Wharf". Drum Secures Barclays at Buchanan Wharf. DRUM. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Case study Barclays Glasgow Campus (Formally Buchanan Wharf )" (PDF). Office. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Glasgow's £500m Buchanan Wharf transformation on banks of River Clyde completed". Glasgow's £500m Buchanan Wharf transformation on banks of River Clyde completed. Glasgow Live. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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