{"id":574014,"date":"2026-08-19T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574014\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:06:09","slug":"architecture-contest-launched-to-redesign-fire-damaged-glasgow-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574014\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture contest launched to redesign fire-damaged Glasgow buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Ruairi Kelly, the convener for housing, development and built heritage at the city council, said the local authority would be looking for &#8220;exceptional and exciting designs&#8221; to &#8220;restore vibrancy&#8221; to the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillors first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ckgk5g1gd8lo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">considered the idea of a contest<\/a> last year, before deciding to go ahead with the plan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Direct intervention by the local authority with the sites will be required to cover the short to medium-term, including acquiring them on a voluntary or compulsory purchase basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Kelly added: &#8220;Carrying out such a contest will not only restore Albert Cross and the homes and businesses lost but will also potentially provide a template for the redevelopment of gap sites in Glasgow, sites which are often found in areas with heritage buildings immediately adjacent or close by.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c15wd332gl7o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the derelict buildings collapsed<\/a>, forcing nearby homes to be evacuated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The contest will be carried out by the council in collaboration with a partner organisation, the Glasgow Institute of Architects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Councillor Ruairi Kelly, the convener for housing, development and built heritage at the city council, said the local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-574014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}