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Glasgow Bars : Pubs Buildings

Bar Buildings in Strathclyde, western Scotland: Photos + Info, Links

post updated 18 February 2025

Glasgow Bars – recommended

Babbity Bowster – classic Merchant City joint, not far from George Square:
Babbity Bowster Glasgow bars
photo © Adrian Welch

Famous Glasgow Bar – city centre, just north of Central Station – Horseshoe bar:
Horseshoe Bar
photo © Adrian Welch

Glasgow Bars Architecture

Glasgow Bars – links
Collage Bar
Collage Bar
Collage Bar image from graven images

Corinthian Restaurant & Club, 191 Ingram St, Merchant City
This beautiful high, domed interior is housed in the former Union Bank of Scotland. It includes allegorical statues from mid to late Victorian period by Mossman. The architects were J Salmon I & J Burnet.
Corinthian Bar

Oran Mor, Byres Road / 375 Great Western Road
Formerly derelict church – 1862 by JJ Stevenson – refurbished in 2003. Oran Mor includes a painted ceiling by Alasdair Grey. Oran Mor (Oranmor) Church, Byres Road, Glasgow has a strong programme of theatre and live music.
Oran Mor

CCA Glasgow
Greek Thomson CCA
picture from Mike Stoane Lighting

Big Slope Bar, 36a Kelvingrove Street
Design: NORD architecture

Bar Ten Glasgow

Salty Dog
2nd Flr Terrace, Princes Square, central Glasgow
Design: NORD Architecture
Glasgow Bar architect : NORD

Stavka, 373-77 Sauchiehall St, central Glasgow
Design: NORD Architecture

Lowdown, Bath St, central Glasgow
Design: Zoo Architects

Tom Tom, Bath St
Design: Aim Architects

Ztain & Zinc, Princes Square
2003
Design: Conran & Partners
Zinc Bar Glasgow

More contemporary Glasgow Bars online here soon.

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Glasgow Bars in other buildings

ABC Nightclub, Sauchiehall Street

Marks Hotel Glasgow, Bath Street

Brunswick Hotel Glasgow, 108 Brunswick Street, Merchant City

Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow, Argyle Street

Malmaison Hotel, west side of Blythwood Square

Express Inn Hotel Glasgow, north of the city centre

Modern Glasgow Bar

Bar Ten, Mitchell Lane, off Buchanan St, central Glasgow
Date built: 1991
Design: Ben Kelly Architect
Glasgow Bar designer : Ben Kelly

Glasgow Bar – closed

Bargo, 80 Albion St, Merchant City, central Glasgow
Date built: 1996
Design: Branson Coates
This Glasgow style bar has been redeveloped and renamed Home

Bier Halle
Design: Zoo Architects

St Jude’s restaurant, Bath St
Design: Dene Happell – interior

Tinder Box café
Design: Graven Images

Drouth Bar
Glasgow Bar concept design by NORD:
Glasgow Bar
picture from architect

Soba, noodle bar, Ground floor, The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane, central Glasgow
interior – Katty Barac; wall coverings – Timorous Beasties

Details of more Glasgow Bars welcome: info(at)glasgowarchitecture.co.uk

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collage bar: image from graven images

Strata bar
wall coverings are by Timorous Beasties

The Hallion private members club, Bath Street

Design: NORD architecture

Location: Glasgow, Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Architecture in Scotland

Edinburgh Bars

Glasgow Cinema

Glasgow Theatre Bar : Tramway Theatre

Historic Glasgow : best buildings of the past

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Glasgow Building Designs

Contemporary Glasgow Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:

Buchanan Wharf Glasgow Office Development
Students Loans Company HQ at Buchanan Wharf
photo courtesy of Drum Property Group

Allander Leisure Centre Building in Bearsden
Design: Holmes Miller
Allander Leisure Centre Bearsden, Glasgow
image courtesy of architects practice

Buildings / photos for the Glasgow bars designs: Glaswegian pubs in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, United Kingdom.