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Glasgow Custom House Quay | Glasgow City Council
Breathing New Life into Custom House Quay on Glasgow's Waterfront
Urban Movement, as part of a team led by Hawkins\Brown, are working on a major project that will see an attractive waterfront area created by extending the River Clyde’s north bank outside the Grade A-listed Custom House, and an enhanced green space on the opposite south bank at Carlton Place. UM will be continuing their commitment to the city of Glasgow, working to enhance quality of life through streetscape improvements, active travel strategy, public realm design, and transport strategy and design as part of this project.
The project is now underway with the appointment of the multi-disciplinary design team led by architects Hawkins\Brown and Civil and structural engineers Civic Engineers, alongside Urban Movement, Harrison Stevens, Arch Henderson, JLL, New Practice, Turley, Atelier Ten, Turner & Townsend and ITP Energisec.
Known as ‘Custom House Quay and Carlton Place’, the project - funded by the Glasgow City Region City Deal - will see the embankment expanded out in to the Clyde by possibly up to 20 metres to upgrade the quay walls. This will create a series of mixed-use development plots and enhance public realm and access along the waterfront. The £25million development will improve access and links to reconnect the city centre to the river, see the creation of more public, green space and create an attractive river frontage that helps to fulfil the city’s aspirations of a ‘River Park.’ With the project now getting underway, it is hoped that public consultation for the first stage will take place during the summer months.
Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet, said: “We want the Clyde to be an economic and social centre for Glasgow again – and the appointment of a design team is a really important landmark in an ambitious project that will unlock the potential of a key city centre site on the Clyde waterfront. This is a very attractive location that will be transformed through this scheme, creating a thriving place to complement other developments on and close to the river.”
The £1.13billion Glasgow City Region City Deal is an agreement between the Scottish and UK Governments and the eight local authorities across Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, with the Governments each providing £500million funding. Find more information at: http://www.glasgowcityregion.co.uk/
The project is now underway with the appointment of the multi-disciplinary design team led by architects Hawkins\Brown and Civil and structural engineers Civic Engineers, alongside Urban Movement, Harrison Stevens, Arch Henderson, JLL, New Practice, Turley, Atelier Ten, Turner & Townsend and ITP Energisec.
Known as ‘Custom House Quay and Carlton Place’, the project - funded by the Glasgow City Region City Deal - will see the embankment expanded out in to the Clyde by possibly up to 20 metres to upgrade the quay walls. This will create a series of mixed-use development plots and enhance public realm and access along the waterfront. The £25million development will improve access and links to reconnect the city centre to the river, see the creation of more public, green space and create an attractive river frontage that helps to fulfil the city’s aspirations of a ‘River Park.’ With the project now getting underway, it is hoped that public consultation for the first stage will take place during the summer months.
Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet, said: “We want the Clyde to be an economic and social centre for Glasgow again – and the appointment of a design team is a really important landmark in an ambitious project that will unlock the potential of a key city centre site on the Clyde waterfront. This is a very attractive location that will be transformed through this scheme, creating a thriving place to complement other developments on and close to the river.”
The £1.13billion Glasgow City Region City Deal is an agreement between the Scottish and UK Governments and the eight local authorities across Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, with the Governments each providing £500million funding. Find more information at: http://www.glasgowcityregion.co.uk/