
ScottishPower House
Key Facts
Client
ScottishPower Ltd
Location
330-336 St Vincent St, Glasgow
Value
£75 million
Internal Floor Area
35,000m2
Completion
September 2017
A fitting new home for a company that has been a huge asset for Glasgow - Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister.
Project Info
The new, impressive St. Vincent Street headquarters, is the largest single-use office to be built in Glasgow for 25 years. The fourteen-storey building, occupies the site to its capacity providing the most efficient plan form possible whilst maximising the potential for future flexibility. A simple diagram of two linear east/west office blocks of different floor plate heights was devised, with a top lit glazed atrium access and service cores arranged between them.
The building provides:
• A pleasant, secure and modern working environment for staff.
• Social facilities: 280-capacity Lecture Theatre, meeting areas, staff restaurant, gym, occupational health suite and welfare facilities as well as underground car park spaces.
• High quality external and internal materials, in line with Iberdrola’s corporate guidelines.
• Ability to respond to improving technology, communication and IT capabilities.
• Incorporation of a Tier III data centre to host centralised IT functions.
• Inclusion of an Alarm Receiving Centre for the wider ScottishPower estate
In an urban context, the building filled a formerly derelict site, improving the perception of the city from the motorway. Now a prominent feature of Glasgow’s skyscape, the building is easily recognisable. For pedestrians, the generous arcade that surrounds the building has created a safe, protected walkway: providing shelter from the inclement Scottish elements. This also creates additional area, maximising the floor area at the upper floors. This meant that, unusually, main floors created an overhang over the public road to the north, whilst the basement extended beneath it.




Selected Awards
RICS Award 2018 - Commercial Category
BCO 2018 - Shortlist, Commercial Category