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BBC Pacific Quay
BBC Pacific Quay is the headquarters of BBC Scotland, serving as its main television and radio studio complex, situated at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland.
Opened by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 20 September 2007, the building was designed by architect David Chipperfield to feature an all glass facade which would change throughout the day, as well as different seasons and from various vantage points from across Pacific Quay. Within the building internally, a "stepped street" design rises throughout the entire length of BBC Pacific Quay. This design allows opportunities to employees to enter into break-out spaces, together with a range of different meeting areas.
A range of production and filming for BBC Scotland takes place at BBC Pacific Quay, including Reporting Scotland, Frontline Scotland and Sportscene.
The BBC had outgrown their old headquarters in Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow. The need to move to a new location was also in part due to changing technology, with the network having a "desire to move with the times beyond a less than fit for purpose HQ to a new building which would avail us of the latest digital technology to offer improved quality to audiences". In July 1999 the BBC announced that around 800 staff would be moving to a new building that would be located at Pacific Quay. The BBC held a competition to design a new building with more than seventy companies attracted. By March 2001 there was a shortlist of seven entries.
The £72 million project on the River Clyde in Glasgow was designed by David Chipperfield Architects, but Keppie Architects took control in late 2004. It is home to the biggest TV recording space to be built in Scotland and has an area of 782 m2 (8,420 sq ft) with a new retractable stand seating for 320 audience members, although the studio can sit a maximum audience of 338 people.
Upon its completion, BBC Pacific Quay was the "most advanced state-of-the-art broadcast centre in Europe". The design of the building allowed certain services to be offered by the network for the first time, such as live music, due to the increase in space available to the network to produce additional programming. Live music segments, entitled The Quay Sessions are recorded and produced via a pop-up studio located in the reception area of the building.
It is the only BBC location[dubious – discuss] which allows opportunities for the combination of all of the BBC’s media services including TV, radio and online, linking BBC Pacific Quay with other BBC centres around Scotland.
The complexes Studio A is the largest television recording space in Scotland, and the second largest television studio within the British Isles.
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BBC Pacific Quay
BBC Pacific Quay is the headquarters of BBC Scotland, serving as its main television and radio studio complex, situated at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland.
Opened by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 20 September 2007, the building was designed by architect David Chipperfield to feature an all glass facade which would change throughout the day, as well as different seasons and from various vantage points from across Pacific Quay. Within the building internally, a "stepped street" design rises throughout the entire length of BBC Pacific Quay. This design allows opportunities to employees to enter into break-out spaces, together with a range of different meeting areas.
A range of production and filming for BBC Scotland takes place at BBC Pacific Quay, including Reporting Scotland, Frontline Scotland and Sportscene.
The BBC had outgrown their old headquarters in Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow. The need to move to a new location was also in part due to changing technology, with the network having a "desire to move with the times beyond a less than fit for purpose HQ to a new building which would avail us of the latest digital technology to offer improved quality to audiences". In July 1999 the BBC announced that around 800 staff would be moving to a new building that would be located at Pacific Quay. The BBC held a competition to design a new building with more than seventy companies attracted. By March 2001 there was a shortlist of seven entries.
The £72 million project on the River Clyde in Glasgow was designed by David Chipperfield Architects, but Keppie Architects took control in late 2004. It is home to the biggest TV recording space to be built in Scotland and has an area of 782 m2 (8,420 sq ft) with a new retractable stand seating for 320 audience members, although the studio can sit a maximum audience of 338 people.
Upon its completion, BBC Pacific Quay was the "most advanced state-of-the-art broadcast centre in Europe". The design of the building allowed certain services to be offered by the network for the first time, such as live music, due to the increase in space available to the network to produce additional programming. Live music segments, entitled The Quay Sessions are recorded and produced via a pop-up studio located in the reception area of the building.
It is the only BBC location[dubious – discuss] which allows opportunities for the combination of all of the BBC’s media services including TV, radio and online, linking BBC Pacific Quay with other BBC centres around Scotland.
The complexes Studio A is the largest television recording space in Scotland, and the second largest television studio within the British Isles.