# List of tallest buildings and structures in Glasgow

This is a list of tallest buildings in Glasgow which are at least 40m (131ft) in height in the largest city in Scotland. The current tallest structure, at 127 metres (417 ft), is the Glasgow Tower within the Glasgow Science Centre. The city's Cineworld building is currently the tallest cinema building in the world.
Some of the tallest buildings in the city range from 1960s tower blocks, to new office developments such as 1 Atlantic Square, St Andrew House, the Argyle Building and the Livingstone Tower. The tallest building ever to have stood in Glasgow was the 91 m (299 ft) tall Tait Tower in Bellahouston, built for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, but pulled down the following year.
The Ard was formally approved by Glasgow City Council in August 2024. The 36 storey, 125m tower will become the tallest habitable building in both Glasgow and Scotland upon completion.

## History of Glasgow skyline

Faced with crippling housing shortages and overcrowding in the immediate post-war period, the city undertook the building of multi-storey housing in tower blocks in the 1960s and early 1970s on a grand scale, which led to Glasgow becoming the first truly high-rise city in Britain. However, many of these schemes were poorly planned and cheaply constructed, which led to many of the blocks becoming unsanitary magnets for crime and deprivation.
It would not be until 1988 that high-rises were built in the city once again, with the construction of the 17-storey Forum Hotel (latterly the Moat House International Hotel, and now the Crowne Plaza Hotel) next to the SECC. The 20-storey Hilton Hotel in Anderston followed in 1992. From the early 1990s, Glasgow City Council and its successor, the Glasgow Housing Association, have run a programme of demolishing the worst of the residential tower blocks, including Basil Spence's Gorbals blocks in 1993.
Since the late 1990s, property developers have been planning new upmarket residential and office high-rises along the River Clyde, and in the city's financial district, which would far surpass these in height. Several proposed skyscrapers, such as Elphinstone Place which would have become the cities and Scotland's tallest, were cancelled due to financial reasons.
The term "tallest building in Glasgow" is itself ambiguous. Currently, two structures in the city have made a claim for the title depending on which measurement is used:
* The Glasgow Tower as part of the Glasgow Science Centre on Prince's Dock on the South Bank of the River Clyde, holds the overall title as the tallest free-standing structure in Glasgow, and the whole of Scotland at a height of 127 m (417 ft), however this measurement includes the structure's spire. It holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees.
* From 1968 until their demolition in 2015, both the Red Road Flats and the Bluevale/Whitevale twin towers were the tallest buildings in Glasgow at 92m. The Red Road Flats were also the tallest residential buildings in Europe upon their completion.
* Between 2015 and 2023, the two western tower blocks of the 26-storey Balgrayhill high-rise estate in Springburn were the tallest buildings in Glasgow at 72m.
* The Ard was approved by Glasgow City Council in August 2024. With 36 storeys, and standing at 114m (374ft), the building will become the tallest habitable building in both Glasgow and Scotland upon completion.

## Tallest completed buildings skyscrapers and structures
### Tallest buildings

| Rank | Name | Image | Height | Coordinates | Floors | Year | Primary use | Notes |
| 1 | Glasgow Tower | | 127 m (417 ft) | 55°51′33″N 4°17′46″W﻿ / ﻿55.859248°N 4.296229°W﻿ / 55.859248; -4.296229﻿ (Glasgow Tower/Millennium Tower) | 01.02 | 2001 | Viewing Platform | Holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees. |
| 2 | Glasgow University Tower | | 85 m (279 ft) | 55°52′17″N 4°17′19″W﻿ / ﻿55.871348°N 4.288641°W﻿ / 55.871348; -4.288641﻿ (University of Glasgow) | 04.0? | 1887 | University | |
| 3= | 22 Viewpoint Place | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′28″N 4°13′48″W﻿ / ﻿55.891233°N 4.229900°W﻿ / 55.891233; -4.229900﻿ (Balgrayhill) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Springburn. |
| 3= | 42 Viewpoint Place | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′28″N 4°13′48″W﻿ / ﻿55.891233°N 4.229900°W﻿ / 55.891233; -4.229900﻿ (Balgrayhill) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Springburn. |
| 3= | 120 Wyndford Road | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′15″N 4°17′44″W﻿ / ﻿55.887451°N 4.295517°W﻿ / 55.887451; -4.295517﻿ (Wyndford Road) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Wyndford. Currently in the midst of being demolished. |
| 3= | 151 Wyndford Road | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′15″N 4°17′44″W﻿ / ﻿55.887451°N 4.295517°W﻿ / 55.887451; -4.295517﻿ (Wyndford Road) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Wyndford. Scheduled to be demolished on 23 March 2025. |
| 3= | 171 Wyndford Road | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′15″N 4°17′44″W﻿ / ﻿55.887451°N 4.295517°W﻿ / 55.887451; -4.295517﻿ (Wyndford Road) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Wyndford. Scheduled to be demolished on 23 March 2025. |
| 3= | 190 Wyndford Road | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′15″N 4°17′44″W﻿ / ﻿55.887451°N 4.295517°W﻿ / 55.887451; -4.295517﻿ (Wyndford Road) | 04.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Wyndford. Scheduled to be demolished on 23 March 2025. |
| 3= | 15 Croftbank Street | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′00″N 4°13′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.883351°N 4.224550°W﻿ / 55.883351; -4.224550﻿ (Springburn) | 02.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Springburn. |
| 3= | 250 Edgefauld Road | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°53′00″N 4°13′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.883351°N 4.224550°W﻿ / 55.883351; -4.224550﻿ (Springburn) | 02.026 | 1964 | Residential | Located in Springburn. |
| 11= | 2 Taylor Place | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°14′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.864951°N 4.244064°W﻿ / 55.864951; -4.244064﻿ (Townhead) | 04.025 | 1967 | Residential | Located in Townhead. |
| 11= | 15 Grafton Place | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°14′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.864951°N 4.244064°W﻿ / 55.864951; -4.244064﻿ (Townhead) | 04.025 | 1967 | Residential | Located in Townhead. |
| 11= | 12 Dobbie's Loan Place | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°14′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.864951°N 4.244064°W﻿ / 55.864951; -4.244064﻿ (Townhead) | 04.025 | 1967 | Residential | Located in Townhead. |
| 11= | 7 St. Mungo Place | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°14′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.864951°N 4.244064°W﻿ / 55.864951; -4.244064﻿ (Townhead) | 04.025 | 1967 | Residential | Located in Townhead. |
| 11= | 178 Balgrayhill Road | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°53′28″N 4°13′48″W﻿ / ﻿55.891233°N 4.229900°W﻿ / 55.891233; -4.229900﻿ (Balgrayhill) | 04.025 | 1964 | Residential | Highest man-made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary. Located in Springburn. |
| 11= | 198 Balgrayhill Road | | 75 m (246 ft) | 55°53′28″N 4°13′48″W﻿ / ﻿55.891233°N 4.229900°W﻿ / 55.891233; -4.229900﻿ (Balgrayhill) | 04.025 | 1964 | Residential | Highest man-made point above sea level within Glasgow city boundary. Located in Springburn. |
| 17 | Glasgow City Chambers | | 73 m (240 ft) | 55°51′39″N 4°14′55″W﻿ / ﻿55.860957°N 4.248511°W﻿ / 55.860957; -4.248511﻿ (Glasgow City Chambers) | 04.04 | 1889 | Government Building | |
| 18 | St. Andrew House | | 71 m (233 ft) | 55°51′52″N 4°15′15″W﻿ / ﻿55.864571°N 4.254194°W﻿ / 55.864571; -4.254194﻿ (St Andrew House) | 01.018 | 1964 | Hotel | Converted to a Premier Inn hotel in 2012. The rooms on the 18th Floor are the highest hotel rooms in the city. |
| 19 | Hilton Glasgow | | 70 m (230 ft) | 55°51′41″N 4°16′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.861378°N 4.269345°W﻿ / 55.861378; -4.269345﻿ (Hilton Glasgow) | 01.020 | 1992 | Hotel | |
| 20= | Fourteen 1960s tower blocks of varying design (two at Hutchesontown, three at Cowcaddens, five at Knightswood), four at Sandyhills and one modern apartment block at Glasgow Harbour are all the same height. | Fourteen 1960s tower blocks of varying design (two at Hutchesontown, three at Cowcaddens, five at Knightswood), four at Sandyhills and one modern apartment block at Glasgow Harbour are all the same height. | 69 m (226 ft) | | 01.022-24 | Various | Residential | |
| 30= | Anniesland Court | | 66 m (217 ft) | 55°53′28″N 4°19′31″W﻿ / ﻿55.891020°N 4.325166°W﻿ / 55.891020; -4.325166﻿ (Anniesland Court) | 01.024 | 1968 | Residential | Tallest listed building in Scotland. Only tower block to have a Category A listing in Glasgow. Located in Anniesland. |
| 31= | Cineworld Glasgow | | 62 m (203 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°15′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.865115°N 4.254955°W﻿ / 55.865115; -4.254955﻿ (Cineworld Glasgow) | 16 | 2001 | Cinema | Tallest Cinema complex in the world. |
| 31= | Argyle Building | | 62 m (203 ft) | 55°51′34″N 4°16′04″W﻿ / ﻿55.859477°N 4.267824°W﻿ / 55.859477; -4.267824﻿ (Argyle Building) | 01.020 | 2008 | Residential | |
| 31= | Bridle Works Building | | 62 m (203 ft) | 55°51′47″N 4°15′06″W﻿ / ﻿55.862945°N 4.251771°W﻿ / 55.862945; -4.251771﻿ (Glasgow Tower/Millennium Tower) | 01.020 | 2021 | Student accommodation | |
| 35 | Queen Elizabeth University Hospital | | 60 m (200 ft) | 55°51′43″N 4°20′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.861973°N 4.341239°W﻿ / 55.861973; -4.341239﻿ (South Glasgow University Hospital) | 14 | 2015 | Hospital | |
| 36 | Block H2 – Central Quay | | 58 m (190 ft) | 55°51′31″N 4°16′29″W﻿ / ﻿55.858559°N 4.2746137°W﻿ / 55.858559; -4.2746137﻿ (Central Quay) | 20 | 2022 | Residential and retail | Part of Central Quay |
| 37 | Crowne Plaza Glasgow | | 55 m (180 ft) | 55°51′36″N 4°17′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.860028°N 4.290414°W﻿ / 55.860028; -4.290414﻿ (Crowne Plaza Glasgow) | 17 | 1989 | Hotel | Part of the SECC. |
| 38= | Buchanan Wharf tower (1) | | 54 m (177 ft) | 55°51′15″N 4°15′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.854265°N 4.261100°W﻿ / 55.854265; -4.261100 | 02.019 | 2023 | Mixed use | One of two towers; located in Buchanan Wharf complex. |
| 38= | Buchanan Wharf tower (2) | | 54 m (177 ft) | 55°51′15″N 4°15′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.854265°N 4.261100°W﻿ / 55.854265; -4.261100 | 02.019 | 2023 | Mixed use | One of two towers; located in Buchanan Wharf complex. |
| 40 | Elmbank Gardens | | 53 m (174 ft) | 55°51′54″N 4°16′11″W﻿ / ﻿55.865018°N 4.269737°W﻿ / 55.865018; -4.269737﻿ (Elmbank Gardens) | 15 | 1973 | Hotel | Originally an office block, converted to a hotel in 1995. |
| 41 | Livingstone Tower | | 52 m (171 ft) | 55°51′40″N 4°14′36″W﻿ / ﻿55.860974°N 4.243464°W﻿ / 55.860974; -4.243464﻿ (Livingstone Tower) | 17 | 1965 | University | Part of the University of Strathclyde. |

### Other notable tall structures

Buildings with a Wikipedia article and over 50 metres in height.
| Name | Height | Coordinates | Year | Primary use |
| Cathkin Braes wind turbine | 125 m (410 ft) 80 m (260 ft) | 55°47′51″N 4°12′56″W﻿ / ﻿55.797467°N 4.215594°W﻿ / 55.797467; -4.215594﻿ (Cathkin Braes wind turbine) | 2013 | Wind turbine |
| Glasgow Cathedral | 68.6 m (225 ft) | 55°51′47″N 4°14′05″W﻿ / ﻿55.862978°N 4.234668°W﻿ / 55.862978; -4.234668﻿ (Glasgow Cathedral) | 1197 | Cathedral |
| St Andrew's West Church | 67 m (220 ft) | 55°51′55″N 4°16′01″W﻿ / ﻿55.865206°N 4.266865°W﻿ / 55.865206; -4.266865﻿ (St Columba Church) | 1852 | Church |
| St Columba Church | 61 m (200 ft) | 55°51′46″N 4°16′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.862774°N 4.266768°W﻿ / 55.862774; -4.266768﻿ (St Columba Church) | 1904 | Cathedral |
| St Mary's Cathedral | 60.5 m (198 ft) | 55°52′24″N 4°16′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.873397°N 4.275077°W﻿ / 55.873397; -4.275077﻿ (St Mary's Cathedral) | 1893 | Cathedral |
| Finnieston Crane | 53 m (174 ft) | 55°51′30″N 4°17′04″W﻿ / ﻿55.858217°N 4.284492°W﻿ / 55.858217; -4.284492﻿ (Finnieston Crane) | 1931 | Cantilever crane |
* ↑ including rotating blades with 45 m (148 ft) length
* ↑ base 'hub' unit only.

## Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed
### Approved

| Name | Height metres / ft | Floors | Year (est.) | Primary Use | Location | Notes |
| The Grid | 58m (190ft) | 12 | 2020 | Office | International Financial Services District | On Hold |
| The Ard | 114 m (374 ft) | 36 | 2024 | Student Accommodation | India Street | Approved |

### Proposed

| Building Name | Height | Floors | Main Usage | Other Usage |
| Dandara City Wharf | 87 m (285 ft) | 28 | Residential | None |
| Custom House Quay | 69 m (226 ft) | 25 | Hotel | Residential |
| Sky Plaza | 49 m (161 ft) | 16 | Residential | None |
| 10–16 Dixon Street | 44 m (144 ft) | 14 | Residential | Retail |
| Homes for the Future phase 2 | 44 m (144 ft) | 13 | Residential | None |
| Central Quay Phase 5 | 42 m (138 ft) | 10 | Office | Retail |
| 145 St Vincent Street | 42 m (138 ft) | 10 | Office | None |
| Building 3 Atlantic Quay | 35 m (115 ft) | 10 | Office | None |
| St Andrews Wharf Residential | 34 m (112 ft) | 11 | Residential | None |

## Unbuilt

| Name | Height | Floors | Notes |
| East One | 180 m (590 ft) | 55 | |
| Cheapside Tower 1 | 170 m (560 ft) | 50 | |
| Cheapside Tower 2 | 170 m (560 ft) | 50 | |
| Cheapside Tower 3 | 136 m (446 ft) | 40 | |
| Elphinstone Place | 134 m (440 ft) | 39 | Cancelled due to the 2008 Financial crisis. Now the site of the new Scottish Power HQ. |
| Elmbank Tower | 107.5 m (353 ft) | 28 | |
| Glasgow Harbour Tower | 93 m (305 ft) | 30 | |
| Elphinstone Urban Village Tower 1 | 81 m (266 ft) | 27 | |
| Graving Docks Tower 1 | 65 m (213 ft) | 21 | |
| Elphinstone Urban Village Tower 2 | 60 m (200 ft) | 20 | |

## Demolished

| Name | Image | Height | Coordinates | Floors | Year built | Year demolished | Notes |
| Townsend Chimney | | 138 m (453 ft) | 55°52′16″N 4°15′05″W﻿ / ﻿55.871207°N 4.251493°W﻿ / 55.871207; -4.251493﻿ (Townsend's Chimney) | N/A | 1859 | 1928 | At J. Townsend Chemical Works, Port Dundas. Tallest chimney in the world from 1859 to 1889. |
| Tennant's Stalk | | 133 m (436 ft) | 55°52′13″N 4°14′05″W﻿ / ﻿55.870249°N 4.234689°W﻿ / 55.870249; -4.234689﻿ (Tennent's Stalk) | N/A | 1842 | 1922 | At the St Rollox Chemical Works, Springburn. Tallest chimney in the world from 1842 to 1859. Demolished after being struck by lightning. |
| Pinkston Power Station cooling tower | | 94 m (308 ft) | 55°52′20″N 4°14′50″W﻿ / ﻿55.8723°N 4.2472°W﻿ / 55.8723; -4.2472﻿ (Pinkston) | | 1952 | 1976 | Largest cooling tower in Europe at time of completion. Complex in Port Dundas (providing energy for the Glasgow Corporation Tramways) also included two 263 ft (80 m) chimney stacks. |
| Tait Tower | | 91.4 m (300 ft) | 55°50′44″N 4°19′05″W﻿ / ﻿55.845535°N 4.318183°W﻿ / 55.845535; -4.318183﻿ (Tait Tower) | ? | 1938 | 1939 | Built as part of the 1938 Empire Exhibition. |
| 109 Bluevale Street | | 90.8 m (298 ft) | 55°51′21″N 4°12′56″W﻿ / ﻿55.855958°N 4.215552°W﻿ / 55.855958; -4.215552﻿ (Gallowgate) | 30 | 1968 | 2015 | Was the joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland. Located in Gallowgate. |
| 51 Whitevale Street | | 90.8 m (298 ft) | 55°51′21″N 4°12′56″W﻿ / ﻿55.855958°N 4.215552°W﻿ / 55.855958; -4.215552﻿ (Gallowgate) | 30 | 1968 | 2015 | Was the joint tallest inhabitable building in Scotland. Located in Gallowgate. |
| 10 Red Road Court | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2015 | Tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 33 Petershill Drive | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2015 | Tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 63 Petershill Drive | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2015 | Tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 93 Petershill Drive | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2015 | Tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 123 Petershill Drive | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2015 | Tallest Residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 21 Birnie Court | | 89 m (292 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 31 | 1967 | 2013 | Tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time of completion. |
| 153-213 Petershill Court | | 78 m (256 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 28 | 1967 | 2012 | |
| 10-30 Petershill Court | | 74 m (243 ft) | 55°52′49″N 4°12′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.880355°N 4.208291°W﻿ / 55.880355; -4.208291﻿ (Red Road) | 26 | 1967 | 2015 | |
| Clydesdale Bank Tower | | 73 m (240 ft) | 55°51′32″N 4°17′42″W﻿ / ﻿55.858993°N 4.295110°W﻿ / 55.858993; -4.295110﻿ (Clydesdale Bank Tower) | 1 | 1987 | 1989 | Built for the Glasgow Garden Festival, later moved to Rhyl in Wales. |
| 240 Roystonhill | | 72 m (236 ft) | 55°52′03″N 4°13′26″W﻿ / ﻿55.867604°N 4.223909°W﻿ / 55.867604; -4.223909﻿ (Rosemount Street) | 25 | 1967 | 1992 | Located in Royston. |
| 20 Rosemount Street | | 72 m (236 ft) | 55°52′03″N 4°13′26″W﻿ / ﻿55.867604°N 4.223909°W﻿ / 55.867604; -4.223909﻿ (Rosemount Street) | 25 | 1967 | 2013 | Located in Royston. |
| 40 Rosemount Street | | 72 m (236 ft) | 55°52′03″N 4°13′26″W﻿ / ﻿55.867604°N 4.223909°W﻿ / 55.867604; -4.223909﻿ (Rosemount Street) | 25 | 1967 | 2016 | Located in Royston. |
| | Ten 1960s tower blocks of varying design (four at Laurieston, two at Gorbals, two at Hutchesontown) were all the same height. | 69 m (226 ft) | | 01.024 | Various | Residential | |