Objection to student accommodation on Sauchiehall Street

Plans to transform the former ABC building on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street into student accommodation and a ground floor food hall have now been submitted for planning. Haus Collective has submitted a detailed application for the key site on behalf of urban regeneration specialist Vita Group. Under the plans, the fire-damaged

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Glasgow School of Art picks architects to test Mac rebuild brief

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has appointed Reiach and Hall with Purcell to ‘robustly test’ its existing rebuild plans to restore the fire-ravaged Mackintosh building The two practices will be asked to ‘identify the appropriate route to delivery of the faithful reinstatement’ of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed 1909 landmark,

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Mack to begin new architect search as spat with insurers heads to arbitration

The Mackintosh building will remain under wraps for two years before restoration work begins.  Source: Alan McAteer for GSA The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is set to begin a new search for architects to restore its fire-ravaged Mackintosh building but has revealed it is locked in a dispute with its

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