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Princes Square Shops : Glasgow Shopping Mall
Historic Shopping Arcade – Buchanan Street Stores, Scotland
14 Apr 2014
Princes Square Glasgow
Address: Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Contact: 0141 221 0324
Updated Images
The Princes Square Shopping Centre had a £7.5m refurbishment in 2011.
48 Buchanan Street retail building © photo Adrian Welch
Refurbished in the mid-eighties the six-floor Princes Square shopping centre is arranged around a decorative atrium set just off Buchanan Street on its east side not far from Central Station.
48 Buchanan Street retail building © photograph AW
Over 25 of the best shops in Glasgow, over 12 restaurants, open 10am til late 7 days per week, Voted Scotland’s best building.
48 Buchanan Street shopping arcade building © images Adrian Welch
Princes Square is a shopping centre on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, Scotland. It was first designed and built in the 1840s by John Baird and other architects. Wikipedia
Address: 48 Buchanan St, Glasgow G1 3JN
Phone: 0141 221 0324
1 Feb 2010
Princes Square Glasgow – exterior:
Glasgow Shopping Arcade building © image Adrian Welch
interior photos:
Glasgow Shopping Arcade property © image Adrian Welch
When it first opened this retail mall was featured everywhere as it was a novel concept for Scotland and was seen as being both more upmarket than other emerging shopping malls and more integral to the city’s structure.
Glasgow Shopping Arcade building © image Adrian Welch
A replica of Foucault’s Pendulum is hung in the building atrium and the symmetrical sweeping staircases use ornate Art Nouveau-influenced balustrading. Some of the spaces are rather dark and unwelcoming such as under the stairs and in side aisles.
Glasgow Shopping Mall building © image Adrian Welch
Opening Times
Mon-Sat: 9am-1am
Sun: 11.30am-5.30pm
Information correct at time of writing – please check information with retail centre owners: +44 141 204 1685
Contact Details:
General enquiries & customer service – e-mail [email protected]
Address: 48 Buchanan Street, G1 3JX
Glasgow Shops
Italian Centre photograph © Adrian Welch
The Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Medal (1989) was given to the Hugh Martin Partnership for this Glaswegian Speciality Shopping Centre. The Hugh Martin Partnership also won the RIBA Scottish Regional Award for Architecture (1988) and a Civic Trust Award (1989). The original fabric has been protected as a category B listed building since 1970.
The writer Bill Bryson referred to Princes Square as “one of the most intelligent pieces of urban renewal”.
The architecture studio responsible for this city centre retail complex are Hugh Martin Partnership, a large Scottish architects office.
Glasgow City Centre Shopping
Italian Centre – celebrated reworking of an underused courtyard as a vibrant public space comoplete with water feature and intriguing sculpture.
Buchanan Galleries Glasgow
Buchanan Galleries retail building image from architects studio
St Enoch Centre Glasgow
St Enoch Centre building image from architects
Buchanan Street
Buchanan Street property image by Paul Bock from MSL
Website – wikipedia page: Princes Square Glasgow
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Auchinlea retail building photo © Adrian Welch
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Braehead image from Xscape PR
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Website: www. princessquare.co.uk