‘Back to the City’ Conference at the GSA, 5-6 May. In 1976, Secretary of State for Scotland cancelled plans to expand the village of Stonehouse outside Glasgow into a new town and redirected corresponding funds to the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal (GEAR).
‘Eolas’ is the Gaelic word for knowledge. This traveling pavilion aspires to promote the Festival of Architecture 2016 and to travel to all areas of the Glasgow Chapter, but more importantly reach as much people as possible from all different backgrounds.
The Glasgow School of Art unveils a week of events giving the public the opportunity to learn more about the wide-ranging research undertaken at the internationally renowned art school.
Back to the City, conference by the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art. Keynote speakers include: Sjoerd Soeters, Piers Gough, Theodor Winters and Kathleen James-Chakraborty. It will take place in the Reid Building at the GSA on 5 & 6 May.
A plan to transform the derelict St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross into a unique arts venue and heritage destination has today been awarded £4.2 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Creative Scotland.
Amidst the stunning, brutal, modern architecture of St Peter’s Seminary, audiences in March will discover aspects of the degraded building highlighted and animated through light installations, projection and sound elements.
Blythswood Square Glasgow, Scotland – accommodation facilities – 5 star Scottish hotel by Town House Company: Blythswood Square Hotel Glasgow
Ryder Architecture has been appointed to implement the detailed design and delivery phase of this new building in Glasgow. Enabling works are now underway, with the project expected to start on site in June. Architects Ryder will build on work undertaken by NORD.
Scottish street artists to create colourful artworks on a farm building, animal refuge and village pub before heading to the city. A team of artists, who are soon to paint large murals in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, are seeking a site in Glasgow to create another major work.
Re-modelling by Ewan Cameron Architects of an existing Arts & Crafts terraced property in Jordanhill to include a new garden room and open plan dining / kitchen area.
£10m allocated to renew Holyroodhouse: The outside space at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh will be redeveloped, a new family room will be created inside the palace, the storytelling of the state apartments will be improved and the Abbey Strand buildings will be restored to house a learning centre.
Over 6000 people sign petition calling for Arches to re-open. It was one of Scotland’s largest and most successful cultural venues.