List of tallest buildings and structures in Glasgow

The city skyline of Glasgow, showing some of the city's tallest buildings. The Whitevale/Bluevale 'Twin Towers' – the tallest overall (at the time) are visible in the distance to the left of centre

This List of tallest buildings in Glasgow includes built and planned high-rise buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Faced with crippling housing shortages and overcrowding in the immediate post-war period, the city undertook the building of multi-storey housing in tower blocks in the 1960s and early 1970s on a grand scale, which led to Glasgow becoming the first truly high-rise city in Britain. However, many of these "schemes", as they are known, were poorly planned, or badly designed and cheaply constructed, which led to many of the blocks becoming insanitary magnets for crime and deprivation.

It would not be until 1988 that high rises were built in the city once again, with the construction of the 17-storey Forum Hotel (latterly the Moat House International Hotel, and now the Crowne Plaza Hotel) next to the SECC. The 20-storey Hilton Hotel in Anderston followed in 1992. From the early 1990s, Glasgow City Council and its successor, the Glasgow Housing Association, have run a programme of demolishing the worst of the residential tower blocks, including Basil Spence's Gorbals blocks in 1993.

The current tallest buildings in Glasgow are the Bluevale and Whitevale Towers, in the East End of the city, both at 90.80 metres. The tallest building ever to have stood in Glasgow was the 91.44m Tait Tower in Bellahouston, built for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, but pulled down the following year.

Since the late 1990s, property developers have been planning new upmarket residential and office high-rises along the River Clyde, and in the city's financial district, which will far surpass these in height.

Glasgow skyline

The term "tallest building in Glasgow" is itself ambiguous. At present three structures in the city can make a claim for the title depending on which measurement is used:

The Glasgow Tower as part of the Glasgow Science Centre on Prince's Dock on the South Bank of the River Clyde, holds the overall title as the tallest free-standing structure in Glasgow, and the whole of Scotland at a height of 127 metres (417 ft), however this measurement includes the structure's spire, the observation deck is at a height of 105 metres, and the structure does not have floors continuously from the ground and therefore it is not considered a building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
The twin public housing tower blocks in Camlachie – the Bluevale and Whitevale Towers at 109 Bluevale Street and 51 Whitevale Street are the tallest buildings in the city overall, with a ground-to-roof height of 90.8 metres (267 feet), but have a highest occupied floor level of 28 storeys.
The two eastern tower blocks of the 26-storey Balgrayhill high-rise estate in Springburn have a claim since they are built on the highest land of all tower blocks within the Glasgow city boundary, therefore the top floor of these buildings are the highest man made point above sea level at which it is possible to stand.

With the Whitevale/Bluevale estate scheduled to be demolished by the year 2017, this effectively means the western Balgrayhill towers will theoretically become Glasgow's tallest building – this based on the assumption that various proposed schemes such as the Savoy Towers or the Jumeirah Hotel developments (which range between 26–32 storeys) in the city centre do not get built by this date.

Tallest buildings in Glasgow

Rank	Name	Height metres / ft	Floors	Year	Primary use	Notes
1	Glasgow Tower	127 / 417	01.02	2001	Viewing Platform	Holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees.
2	Glasgow University Tower	85 / 279	04.0?	1887	University
3	15 Croftbank Street	74 / 243	02.026	1964	Residential
3=	250 Edgefauld Road	74 / 243	02.026	1964	Residential
3=	22 Viewpoint Place	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
3=	42 Viewpoint Place	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
3=	120 Wyndford Road	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
3=	151 Wyndford Road	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
3=	171 Wyndford Road	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
3=	190 Wyndford Road	74 / 243	04.026	1964	Residential
11	Glasgow City Chambers	73 / 240	04.04	1889	Office
12	105 Taylor Street	72 / 237	04.025	1967	Residential
12=	15 Grafton Place	72 / 237	04.025	1967	Residential
12=	178 Balgrayhill Road	72 / 237	04.025	1964	Residential	Highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
12=	198 Balgrayhill Road	72 / 237	04.025	1964	Residential	Highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
16	St. Andrew House	71 / 233	01.018	1964	Hotel	Converted to a Premier Inn hotel in 2012. The rooms on the 18th Floor are the highest hotel rooms in the city.
17	Anniesland Court	66 / 217	01.024	1968	Residential	Tallest listed building in Scotland. Only tower block to have a Category A listing in Glasgow.
18	Glasgow Hilton	70 / 10	01.020	1992	Hotel
19	Glasgow Harbour Phase 2 Building 1	68.70 / 225	01.023	2009	Residential
20	Argyle Building	62 / 203	01.020	2008	Residential
20=	Cineworld	62 / 203	16	2001	Cinema	Tallest Cinema complex in the world.

Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed

Under Construction

Name	Height metres / ft	Floors	Year (est.)	Primary use	Location	Notes
Scottish Power HQ	60 / 197	14	2016	Office	IFSD

Approved

Name	Height metres / ft	Floors	Primary Use	Location
366 Cathedral Street	65 / 213	23	Student Residence	Townhead
Atlantic Square Building 1	45 / 148	10	Office	IFSD
Atlantic Square Building 2	34 / 112	7	Office	IFSD

Proposed

Top 10 in Order of Height

Building Name	Height (m)	Floors	Main Usage	Other Usage
Savoy Centre Towers	110.00	32	Mixed	None
Jumeirah Hotel	92.50	24	Hotel	Residential
Custom House Quay	69.00	25	Hotel	Residential
Sky Plaza	49.00	16	Residential	None
10–16 Dixon Street	44.00	14	Residential	Retail
Homes for the Future phase 2	44.00	13	Residential	None
Central Quay Phase 5	42.00	10	Office	Retail
145 St Vincent Street	42.00	10	Office	None
Atlantic Square	40.00	12	Office	None
Building 3 Atlantic Quay	35.00	10	Office	None
St Andrews Wharf Residential	34.00	11	Residential	None

Unbuilt

Name	Height metres / ft	Floors	Notes
East One	180 / 591	55
Cheapside Tower 1	170 / 558	50
Cheapside Tower 2	170 / 558	50
Cheapside Tower 3	136 / 446	40
Elphinstone Place	134 / 440	39	Cancelled due to the 2008 Financial crisis. Now the site of the new Scottish Power HQ.
Elmbank Tower	107.5 / 353	28
Glasgow Harbour Tower	93 / 305	30
Elphinstone Urban Village Tower 1	81 / 299	27
Graving Docks Tower 1	65 / 213	21
Elphinstone Urban Village Tower 2	60 / 197	20

Demolished

Name	Height metres / ft	Floors	Year built	Year demolished	Notes
Tait Tower	91.44 / 300	?	1938	1939	Built as part of the 1938 Empire Exhibition.
109 Bluevale Street	90.8 / 298	30	1968	2015	Was the joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland.
51 Whitevale Street	90.8 / 298	30	1968	2015	Was the joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland.
10 Red Road Court	89 / 292	31	1967	2015	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
33 Petershill Drive	89 / 292	31	1967	2015	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
63 Petershill Drive	89 / 292	31	1967	2015	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
93 Petershill Drive	89 / 292	31	1967	2015	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
123 Petershill Drive	89 / 292	31	1967	2015	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
21 Birnie Court	89 / 292	31	1967	2013	Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion.
10-30 Petershill Court	79 / 259	31	1967	2015
153-213 Petershill Court	79 / 259	31	1967	2012
Clydesdale Bank Tower	73 / 240	1	1988	?	Built for the Glasgow Garden Festival, later moved to Rhyl in Wales

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