Riverside Museum - Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel:
A landmark new museum opening in spring 2011. The new transport museum featuring the collection from the former transport museum in the west end is the first major UK public building by world reknown architect Zaha Hadid. (New photos to be added shortly)

street address: 100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow, G3 8RS
Latitude / Longitude: 55.86511,-4.306884 (sourced using Google Maps)

south elevation roofline, like an architectural building pulse across the skyline, echoing the Glasgow city skyline,


south elevation from across the River Clyde at Govan. In keeping with the transport theme, the River Clyde seaplane is taxiing in front before taking off further down the river, and airliner contrails cross the sky high above


roof detail


view west down the River Clyde, with shipyard cranes to the left and new build flats to the centre of the image


view of the west elevation from a large area of wasteland between Scotway House and the Clyde. The building can be seen to rear up as the roof rises towards the large glazed facade of the building's south elevation




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