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| St. Andrew House | |
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.jpg) St Andrew House in 2012 as a Premier Inn hotel. | |
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| Alternative names | Premier Inn Glasgow City Centre (Buchanan Galleries) |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | 1964–2008 Offices 2012– Hotel |
| Architectural style | Brutalist (original) Modernist (refurbished) |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Address | 141 West Nile Street |
| Construction started | 1961 |
| Completed | 1964 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 71 metres (233 ft) |
| Top floor | 18 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced Concrete |
| Floor count | 17 (15 + additional shopping levels + basement) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| 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.