Clyde Auditorium (Glasgow, Scotland) : Looking northeast at Bells Bridge across the River Clyde, Auditorium on the left (north bank)
- Creator:
- Foster + Partners, founded as Foster Associates 1967; renamed ca. 1999
- Published/Created:
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Finnieston Street
1995-1998 - Materials:
- steel; glass; aluminum
- Notes:
- Familiarly known as "The Armadillo", it is a 3,000 seat concert hall. The building sits on the site of the now infilled Queen's Dock on the River Clyde, adjacent to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). Plans for a new building to increase the capacity of the SECC complex were initiated in 1995. The architects' inspiration for the design was an interlocking series of ship's hulls, in reference to the Clyde's shipbuilding heritage.
- Variant Titles:
- The Armadillo
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 20th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- British
Scottish - Accession Number:
- 1A1-FP-CA-X-A4
- Coordinates:
- +55.859496-4.287962
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
concert halls (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; performing arts buildings; auditoriums architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); music; Performing arts
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Seven
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4349
- OID:
- 10460576
- PID:
- digcoll:1816577