Clydebank Leisure Centre, West Dunbartonshire

Confident while being restrained

Clydebank Leisure Centre, West Dunbartonshire.

Clydebank Leisure Centre, West Dunbartonshire. Credit: Infinite 3D

Kennedy FitzGerald Architects for West Dunbartonshire Council

Contract value: £21.9m

GIA: 8,892m²

Cost per m²: £2,462

Successful addition to the local masterplan. This building was a clever delivery of a complex brief on a tight site. The external form and materials were confident while being restrained. The panel was impressed with the design solution with only marginal concerns over the quality of the pool environment.

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