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 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 four 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 89 m (292 ft) high point blocks of the Red Road high rise estate in Balornock have a claim to the title for having the highest occupied floor level of 30 storeys – the highest of any building in the city.

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 both the Red Road and Whitevale/Bluevale estates both scheduled to be demolished by the year 2017, this effectively means the western Balgrayhill towers (currently not scheduled for demolition) 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.

List of tallest buildings in Glasgow

Rank	Name	Image	Height metres / ft	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Glasgow Tower		127 / 417	01.01	2001	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	109 Bluevale Street		90.80 / 298	01.030	1968	Joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland.
2=	51 Whitevale Street		90.80 / 298	01.030	1968	Joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland.
4	123 Petershill Drive		89 / 292	01.031	1967	Highest occupiable floor level in Scotland
4=	33 Petershill Drive		89 / 291	01.031	1967	Highest occupiable floor level in Scotland
4=	63 Petershill Drive		89 / 292	01.031	1967	Highest occupiable floor level in Scotland
4=	93 Petershill Drive		89 / 292	01.031	1967	Highest occupiable floor level in Scotland
4=	10 Red Road Court		89 / 292	01.031	1967	Highest occupiable floor level in Scotland
4=	10-20-30 Petershill Court		79 / 259	01.025	1967/68
10	15 Croftbank Street		74 / 243	01.026	1964
10=	250 Edgefauld Road		74 / 243	01.026	1964
10=	22 Viewpoint Place		74 / 243	01.026	1964	Second highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
10=	42 Viewpoint Place		74 / 243	01.026	1964	Second highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
10=	120 Wyndford Road		74 / 243	01.026	1964
10=	151 Wyndford Road		74 / 243	01.026	1964
10=	171 Wyndford Road		74 / 243	01.026	1964
10=	190 Wyndford Road		74 / 243	01.026	1964
18	Glasgow City Chambers		73 / 240	01.04	1889	Headquarters of Glasgow City Council. The City Chambers was inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889
19	105 Taylor Street		72 / 237	01.025	1967
19=	15 Grafton Place		72 / 237	01.025	1967
19=	178 Balgrayhill Road		72 / 237	01.025	1964	Highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
19=	198 Balgrayhill Road		72 / 237	01.025	1964	Highest man made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary
23	St. Andrew House		71 / 233	01.018	1964	Converted to a Premier Inn hotel in 2012. The rooms on the 18th Floor are the highest hotel rooms in the city.
24	Anniesland Court		66 / 217	01.024	1968
25	Glasgow Hilton		70/10	01.020	1992	One of a new generation of buildings in Glasgow city centre, the Hilton Glasgow is currently the tallest modern building in downtown Glasgow, although it will soon be overtaken by six other buildings in and around the city centre. The Hilton is at present the only Five Star hotel in Downtown Glasgow.
26	Argyle Building		62 / 203	01.020	2008

Approved

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

Under Construction

Tallest Under Construction in order of height.

Building Name	Height (m)	Floors	Main Usage	Other Usage
Glasgow Harbour Phase 2 Building 1	68.70	23	Residential	None
South Glasgow Hospital Campus	60.00	14	Hospital	None
Glasgow Harbour Phase 2 Building 2	51.80	17	Residential	None
Scottish Hydro Arena	34.00	–	Stadium	None

Planned/Proposed

Building Name	Height (m)	Floors	Main Usage	Other Usage	Status
East One	180.00	55	Residential	Hotel
Cheapside Tower 1	170.00	50	Residential	Hotel
Cheapside Tower 2	170.00	50	Residential	Hotel
Cheapside Tower 3	136.00	40	Residential	Mixed
Elmbank Tower	107.50	28	Office	Residential
Glasgow Harbour Tower	93.00	30	Residential	None
Elphinstone Urban Village Tower 1	81.00	27	Residential	None
Graving Docks Tower 1	65.00	21	Residential	None
Cadogan Square	62.00	20	Office	Residential	Complete – now known as the Argyle Building
Elphinstone Urban Village tower 2	60.00	20	Residential	None

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