A GLASGOW architecture practice has outlined plans to double revenue after moving to a new studio space in the Merchant City.

360 Architecture, founded in 2008 by Alan Anthony, is set to relocate to The Garment Factory on Ingram St, which is the midst of been upgraded under the ownership of CastleForge Partners.

The practice is taking a 8,300 sq ft loft space in the building, almost three times its current office size.

“It’s bigger than we needed but I’ve never seen a space like that so we just set our mind on it,” said Mr Anthony. “It should be quite a dramatic effect.”

Having established studios in Inverness and Perth, the shift of its Glasgow base will allow the practice to attract more staff and more contracts, said Mr Anthony, who added that the move should go ahead before the end of the year.

“I would hope that the new studio will be a powerful business development tool for bringing clients in,” he said. “It should also make us work better, attract and keep the right talent.”

Mr Anthony is the process of buying out his business partner, who is no longer involved with the practice, and his succession plan is to bring through young directors.

The company is projecting revenue of £3 million this year, and Mr Anthony said the ambition was to reach £6m by 2021.

This, he said, would be achieved by rigidly sticking the practice’s principals of finding the right balance of technical, commercial and design elements.

“I don’t think anyone has ever got that balance right and I’m not conceited enough to think we will, but we’ll strive for it,” he said.

With much of its worked carried out in the retail sector, Mr Anthony is chairman of Revo Scotland, the trade body for the UK’s shopping centre industry.

The company is behind the upgrade to Princes Square in Glasgow, and The Gyle Centre in Edinburgh, and is currently working on upgrading The Savoy Centre on Renfrew Street in the north of the city centre.

Mr Anthony said he had ambitions for the centre to become a major part of Renfrew Street’s reimagining as the ‘avenue of the arts’.

“[Renfrew Street] is a service road for Sauchiehall Street, so there is the need for a reinvention. The Conservatoire is expanding, there is the Glasgow Film Theatre, Theatre Royal, the Art School.

“The first floor of the Savoy Centre will be a reinvention of a Scandinavian market, but there are no windows, so we have to make it like [Finnieston’s] Hidden Lane – make it something people will know about and seek out.”

It has also begun working with Port of Leith Distillery on its whisky distillery, which will be located close to the Royal Yacht Britannia.

“[Whisky] is a sector normally dominated by engineers, who will go to a one-man architect to put it through planning to save costs,” said Mr Anthony. “It’s like doing a museum in many ways, showcasing the stills and great Scottish produce.”

He said that distilleries have always been designed as distilleries but the concept for Port of Leith is to have a head office incorporated into the two floors above the distillery space. There will also be a restaurant and visitor centre.