Scottish Power Headquarters

Scottish Power’ s new headquarters on St. Vincent Street is the largest office building to be constructed in Glasgow in the last 25 years. The fourteen-storey building occupies the full footprint of the site and offers the most efficient floor plan possible, while maximizing the potential for future flexibility. A simple layout of two linear east/west office blocks of varying storey heights was devised, with a glazed atrium access lit from above and service cores arranged between them.

The building offers:
– A pleasant, safe and modern working environment for staff.
– Social facilities: a 280-seat auditorium, meeting areas, staff restaurant, gymnasium, occupational health and wellness center and subway parking spaces.
– High quality external and internal materials, in line with Iberdrola’s corporate guidelines.
– Responsiveness to the improvement of technological, communication and IT capabilities.
– Incorporation of a Tier III data center to house centralized IT functions.
– Inclusion of an alarm receiving center for the ScottishPower complex.

In an urban context, the building occupied a previously derelict site, enhancing the perception of the city from the freeway. The building has become a prominent feature of Glasgow’s cityscape and is easily recognizable. The elegant colonnade surrounding the building protects pedestrians from the inclement Scottish weather and frees up first floor space which is transferred to the upper floors maximizing its value.

The building was constructed with a prefabricated concrete system that allowed for shorter construction times and reduced the project’s carbon footprint. It is BREEAM Very Good certified