Work on it has been going on since 2004, when Hadid won the corresponding architectural competition. According to her, the new building is a tunnel-like hangar, with its ends open to the city center and to the Clyde River. The museum will serve as a link between these two important landscape elements, but also as a "journey into the world of exhibits." The interior of the building can be completely cut off from the outside world, or vice versa, constantly remind the visitor of life outside of it: the windows in the walls and ceilings can be open or completely curtained, depending on the wishes of the curators of the current exhibition.
Seen from above, the building resembles a folded fragment of silvery matter; in the outer "folds" there are technical rooms and "black box" halls for all kinds of video installations and other types of exposition requiring complete darkness. The central part, on the contrary, is devoid of any partitions and supports, its space is free.
Entering the museum through the main entrance from the city side, the visitor finally finds himself in a bright space at the river facade of the building, from where views of the Clyde and Kelvin open. There will be a cafe and a hall for corporate events.
Both the main and rear facades are completely glazed, and their bizarre outlines, representing the lines of section of the folded volume of the building, resemble the silhouettes of the roofs of old Glasgow.
