3DReid and Graeme Nicholls lodge major Glasgow plans

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3DReid and Graeme Nicholls Architects' Central Quay proposals seen from the north

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Graeme Nicholls Architects' 172-home proposals for Central Quay

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3DReid's 203-home Plot B building, proposed for Central Quay in Glasgow

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3DReid's 203-home Plot B building

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West-looking view of 3DReid and Graeme Nicholls Architects' Central Quay plans, with Plot B, C and D

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Northward view of the Central Quay proposals. Graeme Nicholls Architects' residential block is to the right

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3DReid's 934-bed student-housing block (right) and 203-home residential block (left)

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3DReid and Graeme Nicholls Architects' Central Quay proposals seen from the south. A 500-home build-to-rent scheme by Keppie Design is in the foreground

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Aerial view of Central Quay looking south

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Landscape plan of 3DReid and Graeme Nicholls Architects' Central Quay proposals

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3Dreid and Graeme Nicholls Architects have submitted plans for the comprehensive redevelopment of a 1.8ha brownfield site on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow.

The practices’ proposals for developer Summix Capital will deliver 410 homes, a 934-bed student-housing block and 1,760sq m of new commercial space at the site, which used to house shipbuilding giant Harland & Wolff’s Finnieston Diesel Engine Works.

Three of the scheme’s four blocks have been designed by 3DReid: the 19-storey student accommodation scheme; a 13-storey residential block and a six-storey residential block.

Graeme Nicholls is responsible for the black-and-white residential block at Plot C, which will feature 172 new homes and is the seven-year-old practice’s largest project to date.

3DReid said the project applied the design principles of Glasgow’s grid-iron urban pattern “as a means to organically grow the city centre to the west”. It added that the distinct China white and basalt black colours of Anderston Pottery from the area had also been employed in the design process.

3DReid director Euan McLaren said the proposals were an “exciting opportunity” to reinvigorate a once-vibrant part of Glasgow city centre.

“A careful consideration of the physical site, wider context and history of this place have informed an urban strategy that looks to successfully weave a new neighbourhood into the fabric of the city,” he said.

Summix development director Stuart Black said the site had been derelict for a considerable period of time.

“These exciting proposals represent a significant investment in Glasgow and will serve to regenerate a current brownfield site, providing much needed housing and commercial space,” he said.