{"id":831482,"date":"2026-03-17T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/831482\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:34:26","slug":"ecd-architects-submits-replacement-scheme-for-glasgows-wyndford-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/831482\/","title":{"rendered":"ECD Architects submits replacement scheme for Glasgow\u2019s Wyndford towers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The London, Preston and Glasgow-based practice\u2019s proposal for Wheatley Homes Glasgow, the city\u2019s largest housing association, provides 343 social rent homes and 58 units for mid-market rent in several low and mid-rise buildings.<\/p>\n

The proposed 401 homes plans submitted to Glasgow City Council for planning include one, two, and three-bedroom flats, three and four-bedroom houses and wheelchair-accessible flats.<\/p>\n

ECD has also designed a new, purpose-built, two-storey community hub with new outdoor space.<\/p>\n

The planning application comes 10 months after the demolition of three of four 26-storey towers<\/a> designed by city engineer Ernest Buteux and built between 1961 and 1969 for the Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA).<\/p>\n

The fourth tower was later dismantled via top-down deconstruction.<\/p>\n

Together, the four towers provided 600 social homes, which Scottish architects Alan Dunlop of Alan Dunlop Architects, Malcom Fraser of Fraser\/Livingstone Architects and social housing pioneer Kate Macintosh argued could be retrofitted.<\/p>\n

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Demolition of Wyndford high rise flats in Maryhill \u2013 Glasgow<\/p>\n

Alternative proposals drawn-up by\u00a0Fraser<\/a> in 2023 with the backing of campaign group Wyndford Residents Union suggested that demolition of the four towers would produce 22,465 tonnes of CO2\u00a0in comparison with 12,098 tonnes involved in retrofit.<\/p>\n

Wheatley Homes Glasgow had long argued against retrofitting the four 60-year-old towers because, it said, doing so would be \u2018extremely difficult and costly\u2019.<\/p>\n

The housing association told the AJ in late 2022: \u2018We commissioned a team of expert consultants and leading structural engineers to examine if there was a feasible and cost-effective way to redevelop these four blocks. The results showed the blocks are reinforced concrete structures,\u202fwhich makes them extremely difficult and costly to convert.\u2019<\/p>\n

The housing association has also said that in an independent consultation it commissioned in 2021\/2022, 85 per cent of tenants who responded said they backed plans to demolish the four blocks and build new homes.<\/p>\n

A legal dispute had delayed demolition of the towers and in August 2024, the Court of Session in Scotland rejected claims<\/a> that Glasgow City Council had \u2018erred in law\u2019 by waving through the demolition<\/a> without an environmental impact assessment.<\/p>\n

A bid to list the towers failed in February 2023<\/a>\u00a0when Historic Environment Scotland said the buildings \u2018did not meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest required\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Demolition of Wyndford high rise flats in Maryhill \u2013 Glasgow<\/p>\n

Lindsay Lauder, Wheatley\u2019s director of development and regeneration, said in a statement following planning submission: \u2018It\u2019s a really exciting time for Wyndford. The new homes will help create a community people are proud to live in.<\/p>\n

\u2018There are very few family and accessible homes in Wyndford, and that means larger families or tenants who have mobility needs often have no choice but to leave the area.<\/p>\n

\u2018The larger family homes and more accessible homes reflect the needs of the community in Wyndford. They will also give families the opportunity to build long-term roots in the community.\u2019<\/p>\n

Subject to planning, work could begin on the new homes this year.<\/p>\n

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