The 11,500m2 building is the final phase of the universitys Adam Smith Business School and contains facilities arranged around a central atrium designed to encourage innovative working.Part of a 1 billion campus development and expansion programme, the building forms a gateway to the campus. A series of academic offices, workspaces, teaching spaces and specialist hubs are laid out around a central atrium that also acts as a collaborative breakout space.The building has two main entries, the southern one facing out towards the city and a north-eastern one facing towards the campus.AdvertisementIt takes the form of a series of stepping blocks breaking up its bulk, its faade primarily formed from masonry with vertical elements, creating a solid, civic presence which is designed to sit coherently beside the context of Anderson College and the nearby Kelvinhall campus.Internally the design layout aims to facilitate collaboration and interaction between all users of the building students, staff and professional visitors.Hassell conceptualised this layout as three programmatic stacks separated by light wells. The southern one is for research and academic work, the northern for teaching and learning and the central one containing collaborative spaces. The latter includes a reconfigurable hothouse space that hosts industry-led activities such as entrepreneurial hack-a-thons, workshops and careers events, as well as student-led societies.Architects viewIt has been a privilege to collaborate with the University of Glasgow in designing the Business School, which honours the enduring legacy of Adam Smith's enlightened contributions to economic theory and practice. Our design for the school centres on the principles of interdisciplinary research and collaboration to cultivate and boost innovative thinking and entrepreneurialism, supporting the business leaders of tomorrow. Positioned as a welcoming gateway to the Gilmorehill Campus from Dumbarton Road, the distinctive masonry facade references the city's iconic red sandstone tone, subtly combining with the hues and textures of the local townscape.John OMara, principal, HassellClients viewI am delighted with our new building. It is a beautiful, light open space that offers many opportunities for delivering excellent learning experiences for our students, and collaborative, welcoming offices, meeting rooms and spaces for our staff and external partners. The opening of the cafe on the ground floor will benefit our community, offering a welcoming place for staff, students, partners and the local community to come into the Adam Smith Business School, enjoy a refreshment and have a look around our fabulous new building. I very much look forward to spending time in the cafe and to welcoming staff, students and visitors into our new building.Professor Eleanor Shaw, head, Adam Smith Business School Source:HassellProject dataStart on site October 2017CompletionDecember 2023Gross internal floor area 11,500m2Gross (internal + external) floor area 12,500m2Form of contractNEC3 Contract Appointed by University of Glasgow at the outset and novated postConstruction cost UndisclosedConstruction cost per m2 UndisclosedArchitect HassellClient University of GlasgowStructural engineer ARUPM&E consultant ARUPQS Currie and BrownBriefing Spaces that WorkPlanning North Planning and DevelopmentFire ARUPFaade Montresor PartnershipLandscape consultant LUCAcoustic consultant ARUPProject manager AtkinsRalisPrincipal designer ORSACDM coordinator ORSAMain contractor MultiplexCAD software used RevitEnvironmental performance dataOn-site energy generation 20%Airtightness at 50Pa 2.72m3/h.m2Heating and hot water load 18.12kWh/m2/yrOverall area-weighted u-value 0.19W/m2KDesign life 60 yearsAnnual CO2 emissions 14.5kgCO2eq/m2Advertisement