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Mr Lautner Builds His Dream House

5 Mar 2009

With a new film and major exhibition celebrating his life and work, maverick architect John Lautner’s time may finally have come. Paul Dale looks back at the life of the man who shaped the look of US moviemaking’s hometown.

St Peter’s on endangered list

19 Jun 2007

St Peter’s seminary in Cardross, the subject of an exhaustive List campaign after the Archdiocese of Glasgow allowed it to fall into ruin, has been placed on the World Monuments Fund list of the world's most endangered buildings. Gillespie, Kidd and…

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's house

Top of the property ladder

3 Jan 2007

A house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been put on the market and looks likely to become the country’s most expensive home. Windyhill House in Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, 15 miles outside Glasgow, is the only remaining Mackintosh-designed…

St Peter’s architects celebrated

Major Gillespie, Kidd & Coia exhibition announced.

2 Oct 2006

The work of two of Scotland’s greatest living architects, Andy MacMillan (pictured) and Isi Metzstein, is to be celebrated in a major exhibition led by The Lighthouse. Gillespie, Kidd & Coia: Architecture 1956-1987 will open at Scotland’s national…

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Input & Ideas: Rethinking Scotland's Policy on Architecture & Place
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Ground-breaking architectural projects selected in light of the Scottish Government's current consultation process on architecture and design policy.
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30 May–26 Aug Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm The Lighthouse, Glasgow
GSA Degree Show 2012: Design
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Work by graduates of the GSA Design school.
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9 Jun–16 Jun Mon–Sun 9am–5pm Skypark Campus, Glasgow
GSA Degree Show 2012: Fine Art and Architecture
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Graduates of the GSA fine art and architecture programs display their work.
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9 Jun–16 Jun Mon–Sun 9am–5pm Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Andrew Miller: The Waiting Place
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Andrew Miller's contribution to the Edinburgh Art Festival is the pavilion itself, intended as a tribute to those small buildings (pavilions, bothies, follies, gazebos) that are built for no one particular purpose. It's a playful summerhouse designed to be multi-purpose, good for hosting discussions, talks and tours and simply for being somewhere to hang out while you're waiting to meet people. The title is from Dr Seuss's classic Oh The Place You'll Go. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
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2 Aug–2 Sep Mon–Sun 10am–6pm Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh
West End Festival Walks
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The WEF's programme of guided walks includes something on almost every day of the festival, focusing mainly on the architecture and heritage of the area, from a graveyard stroll and a tour of the best tenements in town, to a cinema-themed walk taking in purpose built halls and the peculiarly Scottish 'back court' theatres. Advance tickets – which will also tell you where the walks start – can be bought from Barrets Newsagent, Byres Road. Part of the West End Festival.
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1 Jun 7pm
A walk themed around the quirky features that so charm and delight visitors and residents of the West End. 		West End, Glasgow
2 Jun 7pm
Explore places associated with eminent scientists, including Lister, Kelvin and Ramsay. 		West End, Glasgow
3 Jun 7pm
Architect Fiona Sinclair offers insights into the design features of Partick and Dowanhill's Victorian and… 		West End, Glasgow
4 Jun 7pm
Local historian and artist Kenneth Burns leads a tour of the area north of the River Kelvin. 		West End, Glasgow
5 Jun 7pm
Gordon Barr leads a tour around Maryhill, including the area's best kept secret – the beautiful Maryhill… 		West End, Glasgow
6 Jun 7pm
Fancy a move? Or just an architecture buff? Either way this tour of the West End's 40 listed tenement… 		West End, Glasgow
7 Jun 7pm
Explore the oldest part of the Victorian West End, Hillhead, with local expert Fionna Eden-Bushell. 		West End, Glasgow
9 Jun 2pm
The editors of scottishcinemas.org lead a tour around the full range of cinema architectural history… 		West End, Glasgow
10 Jun 2pm
Local historian Sandra Malcolm leads a tour of Whiteinch and Scotstoun. 		West End, Glasgow
11 Jun 7pm
Ranald MacInnes of Historic Scotland leads a tour of some of the area's newer designs, considering which… 		West End, Glasgow
12 Jun 7pm
Iain Mitchell introduces North Woodside's industrial history, fine churches and interesting public buildings. 		West End, Glasgow
13 Jun 2pm
Alexander Greek Thomson expert Roger Guthrie takes you up the Sixty Steps and explores other gems by this… 		West End, Glasgow
14 Jun 7pm
David Martin considers international influences on West End buildings. 		West End, Glasgow
15 Jun 7pm
Ann Laird takes you down Byres Road, tracing its history from simple country track to bustling Victorian… 		West End, Glasgow
16 Jun 2pm
Not a walk but a canal cruise aboard the Voyager, exploring Glasgow's canalside industrial history and… 		West End, Glasgow
17 Jun 2pm
A walk organised by Glasgow Women's Library (from whom tickets must be bought) exploring local landmarks… 		West End, Glasgow
18 Jun Mon 2pm & 7pm
Architectural expert Roger Guthrie looks at the excellent examples of ornamental cast iron in the West End. 		West End, Glasgow
19 Jun 7pm
A tour of the architecturally diverse neighbourhood of Woodlands and South Woodside. 		West End, Glasgow
20 Jun 7pm
Wonder at the elegance of Dowanhill's grand churches, terraces and pleasure gardens, including the restored… 		West End, Glasgow
21 Jun 7pm
A walk down Gibson Street with architectural history expert David Boddy, looking at Otago Lane, a Greek… 		West End, Glasgow
22 Jun 7pm
Kenneth Burns offers 'An Artist's View of the West End' in this penultimate walk of the series. 		West End, Glasgow
24 Jun 2pm
A historical ramble around the Kelvinside estate, also touching on contemporary conservation issues. 		West End, Glasgow
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