THEY are the men who built Glasgow and whose artful edifices and mighty buildings dominate the skyline and shape its character.

And now the architects behind some of the city's most iconic landmarks are to be immortalised in a new development which finally completes one of its most exclusive neighbourhoods.

Park Quadrant Residences occupies a site which has lain vacant for almost 170 years in Glasgow's West End and completes the original concentric ringed design of the 19th century masterplan for grand, terraced villas on top of Woodland Hill envisioned by architect Charles Wilson in 1851.

Lack of funds, as Glasgow’s affluent families chose to migrate to Hyndland and Dowanhill, caused his plan to falter and Park Quadrant was never finished until now.

Each of the Park District development's 11 blocks is to be be named after an architect who has played a vital role in shaping Glasgow, while the penthouses will be named after their finest works.

Mr Wilson, who gave the city Park Circus and Park Terrace, is the first architect to be honoured and the new apartments, duplexes and penthouses match his design  with high ceilings, large floor prints, luxurious fittings and natural sandstone exteriors.

From here each section will be named in chronological order, following on with John Burnet, who built Glasgow Stock Exchange, and James Miller, whose work included the Anchorline.

Alexander ‘Greek” Thomson, William Leiper and Charles Rennie Mackintosh will all have their names commemorated while the penthouses will include The Lighthouse (John Keppie); The Mitchell (James Sellars) and The Hampden (Archibald Leitch).

The final block will be known as Holmes for Holmes Miller, the Glasgow-based architects who have given fresh life to Wilson’s original plan and completed his vision for the Park district with the design for Park Quadrant Residences.

David Gardner, architect at Holmes Miller, said: “Glasgow is home to some of the finest works of a number of the most renowned architects of the last two centuries, and it’s very exciting to have the opportunity to develop a contemporary design for Park Quadrant sitting alongside the likes of Charles Wilson’s work amongst others.”

The multi-million pound development, opposite Kelvingrove Park,has attracted worldwide interest after flats were offered for sale in the missing part of the street.

Developers said there has been more than 600 buyer inquiries since it was put on the market, including from the US and Hong Kong.

The developer last year lodged planning application for 98 homes in the site, where a one-bedroom flat will cost £299,000.

Among some opposition from local residents and heritage groups were around 170 letters of objection, which highlighted concerns over pedestrian safety, the impact on the listed buildings and parking problems.

The Goethe institute, the German cultural institute on nearby Park Circus, was among those who objected.