St Andrew House

St. Andrew House
St Andrew House in 2012 as a Premier Inn hotel.
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Alternative namesPremier Inn Glasgow City Centre (Buchanan Galleries)
General information
StatusCompleted
Type1964–2008 Offices
2012– Hotel
Architectural styleBrutalist (original)
Modernist (refurbished)
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Address141 West Nile Street
Construction started1961
Completed1964
Renovated2011
Height
Roof71 metres (233 ft)
Top floor18
Technical details
Structural systemReinforced Concrete
Floor count17 (15 + additional shopping levels + basement)
Lifts/elevators3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Arthur Swift & Partners
Renovating team
Architect(s)Ryder Architecture

St Andrew House (now styled as the Premier Inn Glasgow Buchanan Galleries) is a prominent high-rise building in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland.

It has been a prominent landmark on the eastern end of the city's Sauchiehall Street since the mid-1960s when it was completed, and was one of the first post-war high rise buildings in the city centre. It stands on the former site of the Lyric Theatre (which was destroyed by fire in 1953 and demolished in 1959) on the corner of West Nile Street and Sauchiehall Street.

The building consists of a 15-storey office tower, which sits atop a 2-storey podium incorporating a row of shops and retail units. Since 2001, it has been flanked by the 11-storey Cineworld cinema built on an adjacent site on Renfrew Street. It should not be confused with nearby St Andrew's House – the headquarters building of the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association in Cowcaddens.