Glasgow, Scotland, UK



1.The victorian west end
http://img70.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/circus2.jpg

2.And again...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/uy.jpg

3.Old and new: Moathouse hotel and the distant spires of the west-end
http://img70.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/moathouse.jpg

4.The skyline from a distance: Commie block heaven
http://img70.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/new9.jpg

5.Misty city-centre skyline
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/cristy_bunt/SSC/GH_1_1lg.gif

6.Close up city centre
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/gleegieboy/Glasgow_city_centre.jpg

7.Gothic spire of Glasgow University
http://www.jeremyparsons.com/personal/picture_pages/2001_holidays/War_Memorial_and_Glasgow_University@Kelvingrove_Park.JPG

8.Pop down to Kelvingrove park and this is what you might see
http://www.caingram.info/Scotland/Glasgow/kelvingrove_park.jpg


City Centre photos:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pdda6f07c684686608df3541cf8fd58fb/fb9adc5b.jpg


http://members.lycos.co.uk/xapbpoh/photos/g-skyline1.jpg


http://members.lycos.co.uk/xapbpoh/photos/g-ugc.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p7854227e7ab32a49742c916c7da47980/fbd56b15.jpg


Council Highrises at Sighthill:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p7475a92d6fba4fce5500e638d828dee9/fbd52914.jpg

a lot of small ones...but it's nice ;)

6.5/10

Its okay. 6.5/10

A few tall council high rises certainly add to the skyline .. but how long will they last, as most councils seem bent on pulling their residential blocks down.

What is there to see?!?! theres absolutely NOTHING in those pics! 3\10

Why on earth does glasgow get such a bashing from everyone? To say that there is 'nothing' in these photographs is an utterly preposterous remark given that europe's tallest cinema can clearly be seen along with other very high quality buildings like the SECC building the Hilton hotel. I suppose I shouldn't expect anything else in a 'rate our skylines' section than blind sweeping statements and no reference whatsoever to the architectural quality etc etc. How narrow minded of people to base thier impressions of a city purely on the number of tall buildings (and glasgow has over 200) and not other aspects of the skyline. I freely admit that glasgow does not have the worlds' best skyline - I only gave it 6/10 myself - but I'm getting sick and tired of the lack of any constructive critisism in this subforum.

6/10

7/10
It's ok

yeah too small...6/10

Glasgow's a very nice city, but the skyline could do with some inprovement. There are plenty of highrises under 100 metres, but sadly most of them are quite dreary, and were built as part of the 'forward thinking' in the 60's / 70's. It has some excellent modern architecture though, such as the Science museum (probably the best outside of London in the country), and the SEC ('armidillo').
7/10, because I feel a bit generous. :)

7/10 not entirely based on skyline, i've been to glasgow numerous times before and its a great city. As mentioned before a few commercial high rises in the centre and glasgow will look great.

6/10

beauty but small, needs more, more , more ;)

6.5/10

6/10

7/10

interesting and a surprise.

LOL 223rd! Higher than Las Vegas and eighteen people have taken time to vote, I'm actually rather impressed:)

Here's a few of my own pics that'll maybe change your mind, you can always rely on a good sunset to sell a city!

SECC
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/Glasgow_0467.JPG

Hilton
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/Glasgow_0315.JPG

Three stunning new towers are proposed for this site, check out the UK section if your interested.
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/Glasgow_0314.JPG

Rob.
Demolition tenders have been announced for five tower blocks at Sighthill, pictured here...
http://www.stevin-art.com/images/Glasgow.jpg

All the blocks have recently been sold by the council to the government backed Glasgow Housing Association, who will invest millions upgrading some of the housing and demolishing the rest. With so many tower blocks though, they will remain a feature on the skyline for decades yet to come.. bah.

Let's be honest Zap on the basis of the pics posted above I would have given Glasgow... I dunno 3/10 maybe! Glasgow has 200+ tower blocks and they are ALL hideous. Europes tallest cinema looks great from the bus station but awful from the rear and this IS a skyline poll!!

http://www.loveofscotland.com/pics/redroad1.jpg

They look pretty in the snow though!

Victorian stuff is where Glasgow excels.

Central station
http://www.citystrolls.com/photoalbum2/neptune/nep1/images/gothic500.jpg

City centre
http://www.citystrolls.com/photoalbum2/neptune/nep1/images/glass500.jpg

West End
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSE00325.jpg

Trinity towers and Uni.
http://www.loveofscotland.com/pics/park1.jpg

SECC
http://www.glasgowguide.com/ggpix-images3/ggpix-glasgowsc/science-centre-41.jpg

Science Centre
http://www.glasgowguide.com/ggpix-images3/ggpix-glasgowsc/science-centre-40.jpg

Campsie Hills
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/pc4c5427e89f7404b50a33229d0c5605c/fafa60bb.jpg

Erskine Bridge
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid77/pc8311cd96cb8623859975d2848318a66/fb3f4dce.jpg

West End
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid70/pce03fa2a581c611bbfaf7b25a483dbca/fba2675a.jpg

Glasgow University
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid70/p427aaeec58be48ed6457fa1ba0ecde80/fba26772.jpg

6/10

6

A bit like Gleegieboy said, there are so many highrises scattered throughout Glasgow which are terribly ugly when looking up at them, while the city centre itself has a great collection of lower-rise older stuff. After hearing so many negative comments about Glasgow, I was extremely impressed by the place and have now been back there two times in a year, but the skyline can do with a lot of improvement.

7/10

I love English cities, but looking on skyline... there's nothing special about it, too much stretched and to be honest - most of them are commies, so I'll give it 6/10

some people on this forum are a bit too obsessed with tall shiny buildings...then again, it is skyscrapercity.

10/10. if not for the old west end alone.

here's a few pics of mine:

snuck shot from the school of art (they wouldn't allow photography, the pricks)

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/31383856.jpg

tallest cinema in the world

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/31383783.jpg

someone wanted Burrell collection?

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/31384240.jpg

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Ok not bad.7 from me.

Alas most people are right in saying that there is not much of a high rise skyline for a city with a metro population of roughly 1.5 million people. Where Glasgow excels is through the incredible Victorian architecture all over the city. It is probably the most impressive Victorian city inb the world. However, victorian architecture is not high rise, and so doubtless you guys are not very impressed by it.

Problem is, Glasgow is Huge. In a way, its like a mini(but still huge) London, with its buildings spread out over a huge area. It is too hard to get a full skyline shot of the city

So here is the best I can do when it comes to High rise shots(that actually look decent.... :))

A Gothic skyscraper as such - Glasgow Uni...
http://tinypic.com/1sljxg
Credit to Russel1 for these next cracking shots of parts of the city
http://tinypic.com/1sm4qq
http://tinypic.com/1sm4w1
http://tinypic.com/1sm52q
http://tinypic.com/1sm7pg
http://tinypic.com/1sm81s
Just a taster of the Classic Victorian city centre look
http://tinypic.com/1sm82t
A few I took my self
http://tinypic.com/1sm5bd
This pic shows how spread out the city is
http://tinypic.com/1sm5hd
Part of the "Downtown Area" of Glasgow - The tallest cinema in the world and neighbouring St Andrews House(Yeah - its ghastly, but the cinema looks ok....)
http://tinypic.com/1slk4o
After the construction of the 440ft Elphistone place, the skline will look slightly different:
http://tinypic.com/1sm5uh
Last 2 shots from Gleegieboy
http://tinypic.com/1sm5w9
http://tinypic.com/1sm5xi
I feel this shows the city in a better light than before, andI hope that has enlightened some people on the highrise side of things, but i must stress that the highrise buildings are not where the quality lies in Glasgow.

6/10

Those last two pics are excellent. Surprised I havn't seen them before.

I'll give it a 8.5/10. Nice cathedrals and thowback
architecture-city looks like a rival of London, only much
smaller. Other than that, I don't have to explain
jacksh%t!!(Just kidding!!!) :)

I personally gave it a 9, not through patriotic bias, but because I genuinely believe that Glasgow has a collection of some of the finest architceture in Britain. I wont lie to you and say that i dont want a part of the city to become high rise(I cant wait for Elphinstone Place and Elmbank Tower to be built), but I have learned to see past the big tall skyscraper way of thinking and appreciate what is really there. Check out the Glasgow Forum in the UK section of this website for an idea of what I am really talking about :)

Historic skyline: 8/10
Modern skyline: 4/10 (ugly blocks)
Overall: 6/10

Pretty good, though a few more talls couldn't hurt. I give it a 7/10.

i can't wait to get back there.

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I never know even "a heaven" got it's own skyline.....10/10

Beautiful with a historical touch, 10/10. :banana: :banana2: :banana:

Some more skyline pics [historic and modern]:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/gleegieboy/P1280094.jpg

http://tinypic.com/1ie8na

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/100_3608copy.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Skyescraper/maryhillsunset.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/crusty_bint/Scotlands%20Skylines/hillpark2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/100_3808copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/100_3812copy.jpg

Lovin' the amount of 10/10s that have been awarded. Shows a great deal of good taste :)

A few more pics, and an enlargement of what the skyline will look like in ~2 and a half years time, done by myself (its a bit rough around the edges...)

2007/2008
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/Newviewlargewithelmbank.jpg

Buchanan street with the worlds tallest cinema looking over it
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/P3050047.jpg

The intricit architecture of Glasgow Uni
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/P1280015.jpg

A typical Glaswegian street, in this case, the stunning St Vincent street:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/hdb-11.jpg

City Hall (credit: Russell Davies)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_3667copy.jpg

This thread has been left for a while so I thought I would revive it a bit. I notice that a lot of the pictures dont work anymore - tinypic is just so unreliable these days..

Anyway, I'll start with a new montage of our city skyline by 2008, done by one of our Glasgow forumers, Russell Davies. NOTE that there are currently plans for THREE 550ft (170m) towers near where the new towers shown are to be built. Only half of the skyline is shown here, and there are numorous other towers proposed and approved to be built all over the city.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_2641copy.jpg

This is what Elphinstone Place will look like from the West - credit to Russell Davies for the Montage and Gleegieboy for the fantastic base picture, which was taken from the science centre tower. That is the Strathclyde Police chase/search Helicopter doing a search around the city.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/Glasgow_city_centrecopy.jpg

From the Southside looking into the city centre. Note the UGC cinema. Credit: Russell Davies

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_2676.jpg

Glasgow has the 2nd Largest shopping area in the UK outside of London - this is a night shot of the award winning Buchannan Street, Glasgow's biggest and best shopping street. It is also home to some of the finest Victorian Archtecture in the World.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_3218copy.jpg

An Aerial Shot of Glasgow's victorian masterpiece - Park Circus. Note the greenfield site to the top left - this is now the Glasgow Science centre, 400ft tall (125m) Glasgow Tower and an IMAX Cinema.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/TGSE00325.jpg

On the edge of the CBD - the Hilton hotel stands at the side of the M8, one of the busiest stretches of motorway/highway in Europe. The M8 and M77 combine at one point to create a motorway with 16 running lanes of traffic. The M8 cuts right through the city centre of Glasgow much like an American Highway would do.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/27020847_2cdb9da4e4_o.jpg

The West End. Notice Glasgow University - one of, if not the finest example of Gothic Architecture in the world (save perhaps the Parliment buildings in London):

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_2647.jpg

An Aerial Shot of what has been voted by many on this website as the UK's best Train-Station. Glasgow Central has Over-ground Heavy-rail platforms, Underground Heavy-Rail Platforms, and is also soon to be linked to St Enoch Subway Station. It also has a bus station and taxi rank, and is situated in the absolute centre of the city.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/centralsta_aerial_03.jpg

Along the North Bank of the river Clyde sits the ever-expanding International Finance District. This area is part of the CBD and whilst not highrise, is growing at a very fast rate. The gap you can see on the laft hand side is about to be built on with another 9 story state of the art office block.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/100_2503.jpg

The Victorian Skyline. Taken from the 11th Floor of Glasgow University's library in the west end, looking towards the city centre:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/P1280120.jpg

Another shot of Park Circus, sitting atop the vast Kelvingrove park. Remeber this is in the centre of the city. Photo was taken from the 5th floor of the Aeronautical Engineering building of Glasgow Uni.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/parkcircus.jpg

Some more random shots. Notice the extreme density of the first pic:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/lighthouse18.jpg

The Armadillo, SECC, Moathouse Hotel and Science Centre Tower

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/12675675_3a908a2ffb_b.jpg

Glasgow Cathedral

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/cathedral.jpg

What do you think? Stunning Victorian Architecture mixed with cutting edge brand new architecture makes this city something special, I hope you'll agree. More photos soon (if my bandwidth will allow it..)

Lets hope they start building those towers, and sharp!!

I love the streetscenes and cityscape of Glasgow, I just think the oversized commie blocks ruin it all.. So having these new towers will stop that altogether, as Glasgow truly deserves it, after all.. it is one of the biggest cities of the UK.

8/10

360 degrees from the lighthouse:

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/49306242/original.jpg

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6/10

Pretty weak. 4.5/10

Glasgow has an amazing center but just a bit of residential mid-rises. Anyway the 2008 story I don't buy. Studies, proposed and approved have all cities. Building them is what matters so till then 4/10

very beautiful city!
8/10

8/10- nice city and skyscrapers are killing it.

7/10

2/10 for skyline.

The Victorian architecture in Glasgow looks great, but there are far too many commie blocks. 6.5/10

Nice city but really no skyline....

Just a couple of 100m+ towers would make all the difference.

3/10.

6/10

Glasgow has an amazing center but just a bit of residential mid-rises. Anyway the 2008 story I don't buy. Studies, proposed and approved have all cities. Building them is what matters so till then 4/10
Well start "buying" it - The tallest building in the montage, the blue/green Elphinstone Place has just started construction, should be finished by mid 2008, and 3 more 100m+ buildings have been proposed.

A 80m (280ft) building is soon to start construction also, along with a 79m building that is already being built.


But at the end of the day, it's the Victorian architecture that makes this city special - there's not enough of it on this thread, so I'll try post another bunch of shots tomorrow when I've got time :)

6/10

Great city, just needs a few 'scrapers.

8/10.

8/10

9/10

7/10

7/10

I can't wait to move there in September...where I shall begin studying at Glasgow University :D (beautiful building btw)

8/10

Looks ok! Not fantastic, but ok. A lot of residental midrise. 5.5/10

I love victorian architecture 7/10

6.5/10

6/10

7/10

9/10

Glasgow may not have many real skyscrapers, but I still give it an 8. The variety of architecture is great, and especially when you're in the city and looks around, it has some great buildings - the Glasgow Tower and the Armadillo for example.
And it's not just Europe's Tallest Cinema in Glasgow, it's the World's Tallest Cinema!

8.5/10

6/10

Lovely City 8/10

7/10

I like those amazing historic structures in the skyline.

6.5/10

7/10

7/10

7. Regards.

7/10

6,5/10

7.5/10

voted 7.5/10

7.5/10

5.5/10

Glasgow, UK

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2653/3969101451_ca1356b915_b.jpg
by Hugh Spicer (http://www.flickr.com/people/65166290@N00/)

Looks like an Eastern European skyline, with the commie blocks. So 5/10.

Those commie blocks doesnt make the city looks good......6/10

HEIGHT: 7.5
DENSITY: 6.5
SETTING: 7
ARCHITECTURE: 8
WOW FACTOR: 6
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AVERAGE: 7/10! :cheers:

Them flats are so tall, is there a reason why they built them that high? Some of them are 25-30 storey's, the density is so high!

6.5 out 10

7.5/10

:)