The Scottish Government intervene in Glasgow O2 ABC plans
Scottish Government ministers have intervened on a controversial development on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, and will now make the final decision on whether it can go ahead. In a notice published by the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA), stakeholders were informed that SNP ministers had taken control of the decision
Objection to Planning Application – 24/01680/FUL
24/01680/FUL | Erection of purpose-built student accommodation with ground floor food hall. The Planning Committee meet on the 17 June. You may have seen in the press that the student accommodation plan for the ABC site on Sauchiehall Street is recommended for approval. This is despite objections from Historic Environment
Council approves sale of Martyrs’ School for use as a Museum
The former Martyrs’ School building in Glasgow’s Townhead is to be sold by Glasgow City Council to the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland. It will be used as a public museum of Scottish Catholic archive, housing artworks and artefacts. A Glasgow City Council committee approved the sale today (Thursday). The category
Mackintosh building to be sold by Council for use as Museum
The former Martyrs’ School building in Glasgow’s Townhead One of the earliest buildings attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be sold for use as a museum, The Herald can exclusively reveal. The Martyrs’ School in Glasgow’s Townhead is to be sold by Glasgow City Council to the Bishops’ Conference
Can this built heritage war room save a crumbling Glasgow?
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, where an impressive war room gathered last week (Image: Newsquest) Last week, inside the only church designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an impressive war room gathered. The mission? Save our built heritage, once and for all. Organised by Conservative MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane, the round table on
AGM 2025 – Hybrid Meeting
20th Annual General Meeting – 7 June 2025 Information on the AGM business has been sent out to all members. If you cannot attend the AGM, the accounts and a full report will be posted on the Society website. We hope this year that you will be able to attend
Mackintosh Society rejects criticism of pew disposal
In response to recent criticism published in the last week accusing the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society of disposing of Mackintosh pews at Queen’s Cross irresponsibly and without consultation, the Society refutes these accusations as misleading and untrue……. In 2014 the Society Council started investigating the potential removal of the front
Mackintosh in the Saleroom
Lyon & Turnbull present a collection of works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in their forthcoming Design Since 1860 auction on 16 & 17 April 2025 in Edinburgh. Here are three examples of those on sale. https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/design-since-1860-828 ‘BOULETERNÈRE’, CIRCA 1925Estimate: £100,000 – £150,000 Description: watercolour with traces of pencil, signed with
Closing date for landmark Charles Rennie Mackintosh building
A closing date has been set for the sale of a landmark Scottish city building by world-renowned designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Glasgow City Council is selling the A-listed Martyrs’ School, completed in 1898, which was most recently used as offices. Graham + Sibbald said that “internally there is a number
Mackintosh Lighthouse building ‘to reopen as green tech hub’
Glasgow’s iconic Lighthouse building could re-open as a hub for firms specialising in climate technology after details of the firm in talks to take it over were revealed. Startup facilitators Sustainable Ventures Ltd are in talks with Glasgow City Council to take on the lease of the building and transform
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