The Pinnacle (Heron House) (Glasgow)
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Built in 1971 as Heron House, a typical concrete high rise office block of the period. Notable in its early days as housing the first branch of Habitat outside of London – Terence Conran chose to eschew the city centre and set up shop here in Anderston, a part of the city which was undergoing massive renewal at the time. By the time Brutalist buildings symbolised everything that was wrong with 1960s urban planning, the largest tenant – British Telecom - had moved out and the building was facing demolition. Almost symbolically, Habitat too had had enough and also moved out in favour of the Buchanan Galleries in 1999.
In 2001, the decision was made to convert the building into private apartments, and was given a new name and an ultra-modern new glass and steel skin to disguise its past. Habitat gave up on its foray into the centre of town and returned in 2005. The reclad has generally been well received – by its residents if not the architectural critics who think it sits even more unhappily next to Alexander “Greek” Thomson’s church next door.
Habitat has not had as good a renaissance, and the company went into receivership in 2011, the historic Glasgow store will undoubtedly be a victim.
In 2001, the decision was made to convert the building into private apartments, and was given a new name and an ultra-modern new glass and steel skin to disguise its past. Habitat gave up on its foray into the centre of town and returned in 2005. The reclad has generally been well received – by its residents if not the architectural critics who think it sits even more unhappily next to Alexander “Greek” Thomson’s church next door.
Habitat has not had as good a renaissance, and the company went into receivership in 2011, the historic Glasgow store will undoubtedly be a victim.
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Coordinates: 55°51'43"N 4°15'54"W
- Royston Area A & C flats 2.4 km
- Broomloan Court 3.3 km
- Broomhill Multi-Storey Flats 3.9 km
- ( site of ) Red Road Flats 4 km
- Kingsway Court 6.5 km
- Kirkton Avenue estate 6.7 km
- Mac Donalds Retail ParK 42 km
- The vennel 43 km
- Quartermile, Edinburgh 67 km
- Hilton Heights 196 km
- International Financial Services District 0.3 km
- Anderston 0.5 km
- Finnieston 0.9 km
- Glasgow City Centre 1 km
- Sandyford 1 km
- Kinning Park 1.5 km
- Port Eglinton 1.6 km
- Stobcross 1.6 km
- Pacific Quay 1.7 km
- Cessnock 2.2 km