Test Unit 2018 Glasgow – Agile City summer school – the first of its kind in Scotland – will challenge international art, design and architecture participants to turn talk into action by testing ideas in public space.
Work on the Argyle Street site that was destined for a six-star Jumeirah hotel may progress again after it was purchased by Vanguard Real Estate to accommodate a 280,000sqft office building. Glasgow architects Cooper Cromar will design a headquarters development.
Moorfield Group (Moorfield) and Resonance Capital have secured a new letting at Atlantic Quay 1, Glasgow by signing 15-year lease with the Department For Work and Pensions (DWP) on 85,000 sqft.
NVA news – working with Hopscotch Films to co-produce Make Me Up, a new film by acclaimed Scottish artist Rachel Maclean which marks 100 years since women were first given the right to vote in the UK
A category ‘B’ listed building located at the corner of Ingram Street and Montrose Street in the Merchant City Central Conservation Area, the Garment Factory is one of Glasgow’s most notable buildings. It provides 47,382 sq ft of high quality retail and design-focused office space over seven floors.
Scottish War Blinded Hawkhead, Paisley healthcare building in Strathclyde for charity, Scotland – southwest Glasgow property design news
New publication by Florian Urban, Professor and Head of Architectural History and Urban Studies at the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA. Book examines the dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since 1970.
A new artwork by the leading artist Louise Hopkins has been unveiled on the central wall in front of the Mackintosh Building. A 2.5m high and 12.2m long digital print on metal, Dance Number, was specially commissioned by the GSA and is the artist’s largest work to date.
New photos of buildings on the campus – Higher Education architecture in west Scotland: SU Academic Facility
Glasgow architecture news – updates for Strathclyde buildings and architects – The Garment Factory, a unique and contemporary office development – Glaswegian property and construction sector stories in southwest Scotland
The new £212m Dumfries and Galloway Hospital opens. The 344-bed new build facility was built using the off-site construction method DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly)
Glasgow Urban Lab designated United Nations Charter Centre of Excellence: the GSA will now collaborate internationally on activities to promote UN policies for sustainable Housing and Urban Development in the 21st century.