May 13 2021

Drum Property Group has released the final apartments at Minerva Street, Finnieston, ahead of full completion later this summer.

G3 Square has been designed by DarntonB3 Architecture to provide 108 homes close to Exhibition Centre Station.

Fife Hyland, Communications Director with Drum Property Group, said: “Life at G3 Square has so much to offer, and we wanted to help new homeowners make the most of living in Finnieston.

“The vibrant lifestyle complements the appeal of the highly sought-after homes which are designed for the way we live today, with spacious open plan kitchen and living areas as well as dedicated areas for working from home.”

A further 31 homes have been approved for the third phase of work on vacant ground to the immediate west.  

14 Comments

#1 Posted by The Heart of Saturday Night on 13 May 2021 at 09:29 AM

Jesus, that's godawful.

It is 2002 again?

#2 Posted by Chris on 13 May 2021 at 10:13 AM

How on earth they got away with building such mediocrity is beyond me.

#3 Posted by Mick on 13 May 2021 at 11:12 AM

oh purleeze! Spare us the mind numbing sales pitch dross. A cut and paste job from a million other sales brochures which is manifest banality and architectural idiocracy writ large. Just build a good building that can speak for itself

#4 Posted by Charlie_ on 13 May 2021 at 13:40 PM

Considering the location and the price tags thats pretty unforgivable.

#5 Posted by monkey9000 on 13 May 2021 at 16:18 PM

What I can't figure out is why the black panels are on the same plane as the limestone rainscreen. Makes the whole facade look very flat and cheapens the appearance of the stone.

#6 Posted by mick on 13 May 2021 at 18:06 PM

That's poor. Par for the course with city planners unfortunately.

#7 Posted by Billy on 13 May 2021 at 18:55 PM

Have we learnt nothing? After covid all homes should have outside space be it a balcony or terrace.

#8 Posted by E=mc2 on 13 May 2021 at 20:53 PM

Shared external amenity space, top left on first image

#9 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 13 May 2021 at 22:09 PM

The shape of things to come.
Hopefully more on the way to complete the new neighbourhood.

Out with the light industrial / big box retail -- and a 405 certainly was boxy -- and in with the lifestyle flats.

Not great design -- tight filler at best.
But why the anger and spite -- surely the Nuffield posing palace is the local eyesore?

#10 Posted by Johnny fast on 14 May 2021 at 08:12 AM

Passed it the other day ..... the build quality is shockingly bad

#11 Posted by Robin B's Discount on 14 May 2021 at 13:37 PM

Jonny Fast - You sure it wasn't Park Quadrant you passed? The build quality there is beyond honking!

#12 Posted by Jimbob Tanktop on 14 May 2021 at 15:10 PM

#11
I had a look at Park Quadrant's flats a while back, not long after I'd been in a new-ish HA flat in the East End and the housing association flat was better designed and finished. Didn't cost £700k, though.

#13 Posted by Roddy_ on 14 May 2021 at 22:01 PM

Seem to recall this having undergone a number of iterations-each of which was as bad as the last. The result is horribly over-wrought and mean, a building that looks blankly and blandly to its surroundings. Flat and lacking modulation – it has that look of revitecture with stuck-on details like the bay windows that speak a totally different language to the whole, though with technology like that, the least you might expect is co-ordination of the wall panels and window openings. Schoolboy stuff.

#14 Posted by James Hepburn on 17 May 2021 at 09:32 AM

The Drum Group have a reputation for producing mediocre developments. This help cement it. Dull, over-priced, sub-standard.

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