| St. Andrew House | |
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| 2186899 95b3843eGlasgow.jpg St Andrew House in its original form with the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in the foreground |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | 1964-2009 Offices 2012- (estimated) Hotel |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Construction started | 1961 |
| Completed | 1964 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 71 metres (233 ft) |
| Top floor | 14 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 (15 + additional shopping levels + basement) |
| Elevator count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Arthur Swift & Partners |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Ryder Architecture |
St Andrew House is a mixed use, mid-rise skyscraper in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It has been a prominent landmark on western end of the city's Sauchiehall Street since the mid 1960s when it was completed, and was one of the first post-war high rise buildings in the city centre. It stands on the former site of the Lyric Theatre (destroyed by fire in 1953) on the corner of West Nile Street and Sauchiehall Street. The building consists of a 15-storey office tower, which sits atop a 2-storey podium incorporating a row of shops and retail units. Since 2001, it has been flanked by the 11-storey Cineworld cinema built on an adjacent site on Renfrew Street.
For much of its existence the building has been used as offices, but since the development of newer 'Grade A' office space in the city's new financial district, its owners have struggled to find tenants.
In 2010 it was announced, amid speculation that the building would face demolition, that the hotel chain Premier Inn had acquired the tower,[1] and planned to convert it into a 210-bedroom hotel. As of April 2011, the building's outer concrete walls had been completely removed, revealing its internal skeleton, to be replaced by metal and glass curtain walls. The building is expected to reopen in August 2012.