Bell Street Stables Glasgow Building, Wheatley Housing Association flats for rent, RIAS Awards 2021 Winner, Architect
Bell Street Stables Building Glasgow
Scottish Architecture Prize News: Winning Buildings + Architects in Scotland
10 September 2021
Design: Collective Architecture
RIAS Awards 2021 – Bell Street Stables wins Historic Environment Scotland Conservation and Climate Change Award
Scotland?s national architecture awards

photo © Andrew Lee
RIAS Award for Bell Street Stables Glasgow
A remarkable conversion of a Victorian council depot to create 52 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Glasgow has been named as the winner of Historic Environment Scotland?s Conservation and Climate Change Award, a Special Category Award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland?s (RIAS) Awards.
photo © Andrew Lee
The conversion of Bell Street Stables was designed by Collective Architecture for Wheatley Housing Association, and has provided 52 mid-market flats for rent, enabling more affordable living in a characterful historic building in the heart of Glasgow.

photo © Andrew Lee
Bell Street Stables was originally built in 1896-98 to house the Glasgow City Cleansing Department?s horses, carts and equipment. In converting the vacant Category B listed building, Collective Architecture retained many significant elements of the existing building, including a rare and distinctive horse ramp, which enabled horses to access stables on the upper floors, as we...