HMP Glasgow.

A high profile and large-scale project, this new-build £400m facility will deliver a modern, fit-for-purpose replacement for the Victorian HMP Barlinnie, becoming Scotland’s largest prison.  Once completed, HMP Glasgow will provide a facility that supports the SPS vision of unlocking potential and transforming the lives of those in their care through a focus on rehabilitation and strengthening links into the community. 

BakerHicks provided multi-disciplinary design on the project, including architecture, building services, civil & structural engineering and principal designer services.

Working closely with commercial property firm Colliers, BakerHicks developed the drawings and documents for the submission, seeking consent in principle to develop a new prison on a site formerly occupied by National Grid and adjacent to a gas storage and transportation facility owned and operated by SGN. The new prison will replace the overcrowded Victorian-era facility, HMP Barlinnie, which currently serves Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Once complete, the new facility will accommodate 1344 adult male offenders with flex to manage current population levels and fluctuations in sentencing. 

The design, developed by BakerHicks, ensures that the new prison will sit comfortably in its community, lessening the potential impact of areas visible to the public. Concrete printing, cladding and sections of colour will break up long facades, giving the building the appearance of being an office block or student accommodation rather than a prison. With the site ‘stepped’ at different levels, the height of each building is designed so that no part of the prisoner accommodation will sit above the top of the main staff building. The existing local housing will remain the highest visible part of the horizon.