The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse in Glasgow, is Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. It was opened as part of Glasgow's status as UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999. The Lighthouse is the renamed, conversion of the former offices of the "Glasgow Herald" newspaper. Completed in 1895, it was designed by the architectural firm Honeyman & Keppie, of which Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an apprentice. The centre's vision is to develop the lin... more

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Glasgow (pronounced /ˈɡlæzɡoʊ/ Scots: Glesga Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the...
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