View from NNE. Digital image of C 5086 CN.
SC 724752
Description View from NNE. Digital image of C 5086 CN.
Date 15/4/1993
Catalogue Number SC 724752
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 5086 CN
Scope and Content General view from north-north-east, Heron House, 255 St Vincent Street, Glasgow Heron House, built 1967-71 by architects Derek Stephenson & Partners, is a complex of offices car park and shops occupying a sloping site enclosing St Vincent Street Lane. This 'megastructure', which includes a 19-storeyed tower block, is built around the famous St Vincent Street Free Church (built 1857-9 to designs by architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson). This shows the five-storeyed office block, with the 13-storeyed tower visible behind on the left (these are linked by a service tower containing stairs lifts and washrooms). Glass-fronted shops at ground-floor level contrast with the complex grid of cladding and aluminium-framed windows on the upper structures. The lettering above the main entrance is original. This ambitious development uses its elevated site to dramatic effect, layering offices and shops on terraces, and building vertically to balance the church tower in its midst. The variety of structures gives a sculptural effect to the site which has led to it being compared with the famous Torre Velasca building (built 1956-8) in Milan. This complex has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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