Kelvin Bridge Glasgow by John McAslan, Kelvingrove design, Scottish Architects Contest Project

Kelvin Bridge, Glasgow

City Bridge Competition, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

post updated 8 April 2025

Glaswegian Architecture Competition won by John McAslan + Partners, Architects, London, UK

Kelvin Link Bridge

Bridge to link Glasgow University and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

The Kelvin Link Bridge has yet to be built, four years after it was proposed.
John McAslan, the Scottish born architect, designed the bridge for Glasgow University.

Kelvin Bridge Glasgow

Design: John McAslan + Partners Architects, London, England

Following selection in an open international competition in 1999, John McAslan + Partners was commissioned the following year by the University of Glasgow to develop the design of a new pedestrian route across the River Kelvin in Glasgow.

Inspired by the innovative architecture and engineering for which Glasgow is internationally acclaimed, the new Kelvin bridge was to celebrate its context with the design of a delicate structure, floating high above the river and coming to rest on axis with the entrances of Glasgow University and Kelvingrove Art Galleries – Glasgow’s great cultural and educational institutions. Below, both riverbanks were also to be united by a stepped footbridge in the form of an arc, gently connecting to the bridge above.

Contact John McAslan + Partners: [email protected]

Duffy & Batt Architects’ Kelvin Bridge Competition entry:

picture from architect
“Kelvin Bridge which got nowhere – an experiential synergy between roller coaster and dog-track“.

Glasgow Bridge

RIAS Annual Lecture
3 Nov
John McAslan of John McAslan & Partners (JMP)
SECC, Glasgow John McAslan is involved (2004) in Greenock Sugar Sheds, a world-famous heritage site. John McAslan & Partners have also worked on projects in Milan, Japan and London. Currently John McAslan is working on the King’s Cross St Pancras Terminus for the Eurostar.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Key John McAslan Projects
King’s Cross Station Development, London
De La Warr Pavilion refurbishment, Bexhill-on-Sea
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse project
78 Derngate – Rennie Mackintosh house

This British architect was born in 16 February 1954 in Glasgow. His business partners are Robert Stephenson and Robert B. Dockray. He was educated at The University of Edinburgh.

He trained in Boston USA with Cambridge Seven Associates before joining Richard Rogers and Partners in London, after which he established Troughton McAslan. He founded John McAslan + Partners in 1993 where he is Executive Chair and active in all of its work across studios in London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Sydney.

John is particularly committed to interdisciplinary collaborations, which are a hallmark of the practice he leads.