Basic Site Details

Name: Glasgow College of Technology
City or county: Glasgow
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: Cost £2.5m. Cost of W wing £975,000. It seems odd that Hugh Martin added the w wing at the same time as the main building was going up.

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1College  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 1Cowcaddens Road  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 219671972Build/construction 
Item 2 of 21967 Build/constructionWest wing

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 5Borthwick & Watson A19671972 
Item 2 of 5James Boyne Watson A19671972 
Item 3 of 5Peter Lamont Burnside Borthwick A19671972 
Item 4 of 5Burke Martin Partnership (or Ian Burke, Hugh Martin & Partners) B1967 West wing added
Item 5 of 5Hugh Harold Martin B1967 West wing added

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
 Building NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Glasgow College of Technology, library and resources centreFormed when the College of Science and Technology and the College of Commerce were merged. Cost of library & resource centre £1.6m

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2RIBA1975RIBA Directory of practices   
Item 2 of 2Williamson, Riches, Higgs1990Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)  p263