Hilton Tower
Glasgow

Height: 70m
Floors: 20
Built: 1992

Notes:
Opened on St Andrew's Day 1992 by Lord Provost Robert Innes, the Hilton Glasgow has 319 bedrooms, three top floors of executive rooms, three restaurants, a large ballroom and extensive conference, business and leisure facilities. The narrowness of the Glasgow Hilton Hotel makes it look taller than it really is, at 70 metres, it is slightly smaller than the City Chambers in the City Centre.

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has some interesting art deco references 7/10

It's a bit of a beast, but a well-done one.

Especially like the side elevation

7/10

Well proportioned but there is something that is holding me back from getting the 8. 7/10

This is very impressive when you are near to it as it looks massive:)

Buildings of Hilton are often similar. The one is pretty. I was almost in identical in Sweden. The one is massive and he looks neatly, and symmetrically. Nice colour of glass.

I am greeting.:)

9/10

6/10

Too dominant on its surroundings, if it was amongst more tall buildings it'd be fine, but at the moment it just looks like an overbearing pink granite monolith dominating the area.

Except its not pink;)

Anyways there are a few new developments coming in that area, which should see the beginning of a cluster.

The Art Deco influence makes this building a favourite of mine.

I've never thought of the Hilton as dominating. I can think of numerous examples of far more over-bearing buildings in Birmingham or Manchester for example.

Like Manchester's Hilton?;)

I'm a big fan of Beetham. I'm just pointing out that to say it dominates the area isn't really true, if the Hilton dominates then applying the same logic dozens of buildings in other UK cities do too.

I too love Beetham, but it is dominating.

As for the Hilton (Glasgow), I'd say its design make it stand out from its surroundings.

I'm a big fan of Beetham. I'm just pointing out that to say it dominates the area isn't really true, if the Hilton dominates then applying the same logic dozens of buildings in other UK cities do too.

I can and probably would apply the same logic to many other buildings in the UK, the Manchester Beetham being one of them. Being dominating isn't necessarily a bad feature of a building though, it is just that this one is very much a monolith, it's too wide and flat.

Fair enough. I don't agree, I don't know how well you know Glasgow but it doesn't come across as monolithic in the area to me personally ( and of course depending on where you're viewing it from it can look sliver like ). If you think this is monolithic you'll hate what's getting built behind it:lol:

It's an ok building, doesn't merit an eight but it's not a six either, would get a fairly indifferent seven out of ten from me.

I wouldn't say its over bearing.

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It's ok, reminds me of an office building in Coventry.

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On closer inspection, not quite the same .... but think the Coventry building is marginally better.

I quite like it, it's a nice little landmark to see when I walk into the city centre. And my dad stayed there the week it opened :D

8/10

On closer inspection, not quite the same .... but think the Coventry building is marginally better.

Excuse me for small OT. :)

Whether windows in this building are of golden colour? Are they transparent? You know something about it? Wonderfully it is looking out. I am greeting.

That building could use some love though.

The Hilton hasn't aged a bit imo, 16 years old too.

7/10

Better than the one in Coventry in my opinion.

The Hilton building in Glasgow well beats AXA building. No contrast, i have seen Coventry inner city not much. It has some nice bits and the weather spoons pub around that area but its a strange place.

In your opinion of course. It's not my favourite building but that's some pretty decent ageing considering the average quality of a large modern hotel build, 16 years, not bad. Prefer the Crowne Plaza at the SECC ( which is also ageing relatively well thinking about it ).