| CCA Glasgow,
Scottish Arts: Film, Cafe, Art, Bar, Photos, Architect, Address Sauchiehall Street Building, Glasgow, Scotland
![]() Interior image Mike Stoane Lighting Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts Architects : Page & Park Location: 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD Contact: +44 (0)141 3327521 fax +44 (0)141 332 3226 gen@cca-glasgow.com ![]() CCA Glasgow: image Adrian Welch The Centre for Contemporary Arts is on the north side of Sauchiehall Street close to the Glasgow School of Art Competition win: The refurbishment of the CCA removed years of crude additions to reveal the original four 'core' buildings. ![]() Interior image Mike Stoane Lighting These are then connected by a series of independent exposed steel bridges which provide a promenade around the Centre for Contemporary Arts. This £6m Glasgow Arts Centre includes a cafe at ground level. The way the stairs and walkways cut through the existing fabric is visceral and a similar approach can be seen at Zoo Architects Tramway Theatre where new metal interfaces with old stone. ![]() Interior image Adrian Welch CCA Glasgow was formed within a Grade A listed Alexander Thomson building - the Grecian Chambers - following a three-year £10.5m lottery-funded refurbishment by Page & Park Architects. The complex has five performance spaces including a 75 seater cinema. It was established in 1992 at 350 Sauchiehall Street and the current building (re)opened in 2001. ![]() Sauchiehall St image Adrian Welch The Centre for Contemporary Arts presents contemporary visual art, performance, film, dance, music, spoken word and club nights. There are five performance / exhibition spaces, an education space and space for cultural tenants. ![]() Cinema image Mike Stoane Lighting The CCA is the Scottish equivalent of London's ICA, Bristol's Arnolfini Gallery or Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre. It is both a leading contemporary gallery and a place to see art-house films. ![]() CCA Bar Entry image Adrian Welch CCA Bar at Scott Street has an artist-designed interior by Jorge Pardo and a south-facing terrace. At time of writing the Bar has DJ's every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Glasgow CCA History : Grecian Chambers Historic Glasgow: best glasgow buildings of the past Tempus is the name of the double-height café, an unsual glass-roofed courtyard for Glasgow. Off this space is the bookshop for CCA Glasgow. Scottish Architecture Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts Context : Sauchiehall Street Glasgow : back to index Buildings / photos for the CCA Glasgow Buildings page welcome: info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk CCA Glasgow - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow - Website: www.cca-glasgow.com |