Baird Hall Building Scotland, Art Deco design photograph, 460 Sauchiehall Street architect, Date, Location, Picture
Baird Hall Glasgow: The Beresford
Beresford Hotel Sauchiehall St Building design byWeddell & Inglis Architects – Scottish Art Deco Tower photos
post updated 11 August 2023
The Beresford
Date built: 1937
Architects: Weddell & Inglis
Address: 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LN, Scotland, UK.
New photos, taken 28 Apr 2012:
photos © Adrian Welch
Baird Hall
New images added 18 Jun 2009:
photos © Adrian Welch
Built as Beresford Hotel
Banana Building – Dental School : scanned image © Adrian Welch 1988
The Beresford photo © Adrian Welch<
The Beresford is an ex-hotel situated at 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened in 1938 to provide accommodation for those attending the city’s Empire Exhibition
This striking property was often described as Glasgow’s first skyscraper. It was the tallest building erected in Glasgow between the two world wars, at 10 storeys high.
It is one of the city’s most notable examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture. The property is protected as a category B listed building.
source: wikipedia
Sauchiehall Street Architecture
Buildings on Sauchiehall St – key architectural selection below:
Garage Club, 490 Sauchiehall St, G2 3LW – north side of the street, at its west end
Garage Club Glasgow
The Garage is a music venue and nightclub located at 490 Sauchiehall Street. The club was founded by Donald C MacLeod MBE.
He was a music impresario legend and veteran within Scotland’s live music scene. It is Scotland’s largest nightclub, and opened back in 1994.
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD
photo © Adrian Welch
CCA Glasgow
ABC Music Venue, 300 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JA – north side of the street, near the middle
photo : Paul Zanre
ABC Music Venue
The O₂ ABC was a nightclub and music venue on Sauchiehall Street, in the centre of Glasgow. The building was constructed in 1875.
The rather ungainly property was renovated many times in its lifetime and also largely rebuilt in the 1920s. It was redeveloped by Edinburgh architecture practice Michael Laird Architects in the early 2000s.
Architecture in Strathclyde
Buildings close by to the Baird Hall
Glasgow School of Art
photo © Adrian Welch
Marks Hotel
photo : Andrew Lee
Glasgow Architectural Links:
Sauchiehall Street Buildings
Buildings / photos for the Baird Hall Building Glasgow design by Weddell & Inglis Architects at 460 Sauchiehall Street in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, UK, page welcome.