Panmure Street

Panmure Street occupies a long, narrow site at Firhill Basin, between Panmure Street and the Forth & Clyde Canal. The development provides 108 new homes for Queens Cross Housing Association, comprising 98 flats and ten houses across eight blocks, with a mix of social rent and shared equity homes alongside dedicated wheelchair provision.

A series of pavilion blocks responds directly to the waterside setting. Living spaces are orientated south towards the canal, while gaps between buildings create views through the development, strengthening connections between Panmure Street, the new homes and the water. A double-frontage approach addresses both the street and canal edges, whilst steeply pitched roofs, prominent gables and a predominantly brick aesthetic were introduced to recall the warehouses and industrial buildings historically associated with the area.

Completed at an early stage in the wider regeneration of the canal corridor, Panmure Street helped establish a strong residential presence and renewed focus on the waterside environment. The scheme also anticipated future activity along the canal, incorporating access to the embankment to support planned boat moorings. Subsequent initiatives, including the Claypits Local Nature Reserve and, enhanced walking and cycling connections have continued this transformation and strengthened the canal as a place to live, move through and enjoy.

The project also adopted an advanced off-site manufacturing approach. Timber-framed wall panels were fabricated in a factory environment complete with internal linings, windows, doors and external finishes. An acrylic brick-slip system was used in place of traditional facing brick, allowing the development to retain the robust masonry character central to the design while improving construction speed, quality control and material efficiency, and reducing reliance on wet trades and site-based labour.