A ROOM WITH A VIEW

What modern man wants is a monk's cell, well-lit and heated, with a corner from which he can watch the stars.

Le Corbusier

As a ‘denizen of the celestial region’ and with an oceanic view that encompasses virtually the whole city as well as a sizeable portion of the country and the night sky I continually feel as if I’m privy to a secret dimension that has hitherto been relegated to panoramic restaurants, hilltop observatories and aeroplane portholes. In other words, to places that require the cost of admission. Not only is the rent invariably cheaper in a Glasgow high-rise but the ineluctable enrichment of the imagination that comes with the upper floors is priceless. It’s a win win situation, especially when you consider what your window could be looking out onto: an expressway, a lifeless piece of spare ground, someone elses kitchen, a retail park. Irrespective of how much time you spend in it, the view from your ‘living’ room had better welcome a certain serenity. Otherwise, that traffic’s going to take its toll.



'Looking in to someone else's kitchen'