July 19 2019

AS Homes and George Buchanan Architects have extended their plans for new residential development in Glasgow’s Calton district with the submission of phase two plans.

Delivering a combined 40 homeson land bounding Abercrombie and Forbes Street the scheme will employ a restrained palette of brick and rain screen.

Explaining their approach the architects wrote in a design statement: “The use of repetition, rhythm and vertical emphasis on the elevations of existing, adjacent buildings have been used as cues within the proposals. Repeating windows in a regular pattern are aligned to emphasise the vertical.”

A community garden to the rear of the development will harness land set aside for insects and birds, bisected by pedestrian routes.

Phase one plans were submitted in January this year.

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