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The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall by Sir Leslie Martin with RMJM

Glasgow Concert Hall

Granted Royal status post-completion the Glasgow International Concert Hall replaced St Andrews Hall, Charing Cross: it burned down in 1962.

The Concert Hall opened in time for Glasgow's European City of Culture Year in 1990.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Architect - Leslie Martin

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Contact the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: 0141 287 5511

The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Ticket Centre, Candleriggs
Mon-Sun: 9:30am-6:30pm Sun: 10am - 5pm

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Leslie Martin (1908 - 99) - Key Leslie Martin Buildings:

1960-1962: Harvey Court, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
1963-1964: William Stone Building, Peterhouse College, Cambridge
Own house and studios, converted mill, Great Shelford.

Leslie Martin with Colen Lumley & Ivor Richards
1978-1984: Faculty of Music, West Rd, Cambridge
Leslie Martin's father was an architect. Martin was born in Manchester and studied at Manchester University School of Architecture, qualifying in 1930 and remaining there as a teacher until 1934 when he became Head of Hull's School of Architecture.

Concert Hall Buildings

Cambridge Architecture

Key building adjacent to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is Buchanan Galleries

SECC Glasgow

richard davies

Leslie Martin Honours / Positions:
Knighted: 1957
Received Royal Gold Medal: 1973
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1956-1973
Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1973-1999

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Scottish Concert Hall - Perth

Glasgow Armadillo - Concert Venue

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The name of Leslie Martin lives on in the Martin Centre for Architectural Studies, Cambridge

Scottish Architects of the past

Limoges concert hall

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