The Herald Building (Glasgow)

United Kingdom / Scotland / Glasgow / Albion Street, 159-195
 Streamline Moderne (architecture), Art Deco (architecture), apartment building, 1936_construction, Category A Listed Scotland
Built in 1936 for the Daily Express to the design of Sir Owen Williams, the building comprises a reinforced-concrete internal frame the external walls of which are clad in glass and black vitrolite, with metal-framed windows. It was originally four-storeyed, but a roof extension was added in 1988.
A-listed building, built for the Daily Express in the style of their Fleet St (London) building, this housed the Glasgow Herald and Evening Times prior to their move to the Scottish Media Group building in Cowcaddens.

Now converted to flats.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Williams_(engineer)
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Coordinates:   55°51'35"N   4°14'38"W

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  • This building has recently been converted to residential apartments
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