Sitting proudly on the skyline

 

The peacock is one of the most widely spread Art Nouveau patterns.  This one tops the Princess Square Shopping Centre building façade on Buchanan Street Glasgow.  It is a magnificent piece of metal art sculpture made in coloured hand-forged wrought iron and steel, extending to its colossal dimensions of 10m high and 20m wide. It comes out from the iron ring which is located in the centre of the attic balustrade.  The outspread tail is tipped with bronze aluminium rods making it an eye-catching sculpture and definitely a dominant landmark of the Buchanan Street’s south section.  Work took about 3 years to complete and in 1990, in time and within budget, the main exterior peacock was added to the Buchanan Street façade, in part as a contribution to the City of Culture Festival in Glasgow that year.