Stalybridge Suites

Architects Young & Gault are pleased have been granted Planning Consent for a Staybridge Suites extended stay hotel adjacent to Central Station, within Glasgow City centre. The scheme will comprise a landmark tower visible from many points to the south of the River Clyde.

The site is currently occupied by a 1960’s office block.  This will be demolished and the entire site redeveloped. The new hotel will rise to twenty storeys with a site footprint of 18m2. The guestroom accommodation comprises 119 units including a mix of studio suites and one bedroom suites.  These suites will provide self-catering kitchen and dining areas in addition to the bedroom and en-suite bathrooms.  

The external elevations comprise a mixture of glass curtain walling and aluminium cladding. The aluminium cladding will frame the glass elements and form an elevated fin roof with a distinctive feature soffit.  The curtain wall elements incorporate a palette of red coloured glass in three shades reflecting the hues of the red sandstone Listed Building to the north. The density of the red panels decreases with height as the glass tower rises above the adjacent buildings.  

Some of the red panels will be internally illuminated and together with illumination of the soffit roof feature will add interest to the night time architecture.

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