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Gillespie Kidd & Coia : GK&C, Architects

GK&C : Glasgow Buildings, Strathclyde, Scotland: UK 20th Century Built Environment

Post updated 1 August 2022

Gillespie Kidd & Coia Architects

Major Gillespie Kidd & Coia building
St Peter’s College : Catholic Seminary, Cardross
St Peters Seminary by Gillespie Kidd & Coia
photo © Neale Smith

Key Projects in Glasgow, alphabetical:

85 Buchanan st, 85
1970
Bellshill Hospital
1962
Cardross Seminary
1958-66
Our Lady & St Francis School, 58-60 Charlotte St
1964
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Craigpark St
1966
St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, Whitevale St
1931
St Charles RC Church
1960
St Columba, Hopehill Rd
1937
King’s Park Secondary School

St Benedict’s Church Glasgow
St Benedict's Glasgow design by Gillespie Kidd & Coia
photo © Adrian Welch

Buchanan Street – No. 85
85 Buchanan St Glasgow design by Gillespie Kidd & Coia
image © Adrian Welch

Our Lady & St Francis School
Our Lady St Francis School design by Gillespie Kidd & Coia
photo © AW

Gillespie Kidd & Coia Projects in Scotland outwith Glasgow, alphabetical:

Bonar Hall, Park Place, Dundee
1975
Kildrum Primary School
1961
St Benedict’s, Drumchapel demolished
1991
St Bride’s Kirk, East Kilbride
1962/63
St David’s Church, Meadowhead Road, Plains
1950
St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Glenrothes
1957
St Kevin’s Church, Rosebank Terrace, Bargeddie, Coatbridge
1950

Cumbernauld College
Cumbernauld College
photo © Adrian Welch

Jack Coia – Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1969

Robinson College Cambridge, England

Gillespie Kidd & Coia – Beginnings : YouTube film
5.57mins
Gillespie Kidd & Coia – Beginnings on YouTube

Gillespie Kidd and Coia Exhibition
Lighthouse, Glasgow
2007
Curator: Mark Baines, Mackintosh School of Art

GSA Honour Andy + Isi
Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein awarded honorary degrees by the University of Glasgow on behalf of The Glasgow School of Art. Apr 2008

Cardross Building, Scotland

Modern Architects

Glasgow Buildings

Glasgow School of Art – the Mac building in Glasgow city centre (sadly burnt down twice in recent years).

Italian Centre

New Glasgow Property Designs – a recent selection from this website featured below:

New Olympia House in Bridgeton
New Olympia House in Bridgeton, Glasgow Building News 2022
image courtesy of Clyde Gateway
New Olympia House in Bridgeton
Clyde Gateway, Scotland’s most ambitious regeneration project, is investing £1.67m to breathe new life into the landmark Olympia House building in the heart of Bridgeton Cross, creating 350 sqm of modern and flexible commercial office space.

Artwork by renowned artist and writer
Alasdair Gray mural at Palacerigg, Cumbernauld
image courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland
Alasdair Gray mural at Palacerigg Cumbernauld
A mural by one of Scotland’s most celebrated writers and artists could soon be recognised with listed status, as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced it is seeking views from the public on proposals to list the Palacerigg Visitor Centre in Cumbernauld – which houses Alasdair Gray’s Scottish Wildlife Mural – at Category B due to the special architectural and historic interest of the artwork.

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