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The Lighthouse, Glasgow

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in August 2009. At its peak the Lighthouse Trust employed around 90 staff. Its directors moved on: Nick Barley became director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Following a substantial redundancy programme the remaining staff were transferred to Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) and
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Glasgow City Council (GCC). The Lighthouse building remains in the ownership of Glasgow City Council, which has made financial provision to meet the costs of operating the centre, re-establishing it as Scotland's National Centre for Architecture and Design.
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One of the key features of the Lighthouse is the uninterrupted view over Glasgow's cityscape available from the Mackintosh Tower at the north of the building, which is accessible via a helical staircase from the third floor.
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issued a £20 note to mark Glasgow's celebrations as UK City of Architecture and Design which featured an illustration of the Lighthouse building and the dome of Thomson's
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There is also another modern viewing platform at the south of the building, on the sixth floor and is only accessible via lift.
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View of the helical staircase leading up to the viewing platform at the top of the Lighthouse
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on the reverse. The obverse side carried a portrait of Glaswegian architect
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A Steering Group – made up of representatives of Glasgow City Council,
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The Lighthouse is the renamed conversion of the former offices of the
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newspaper. Completed in 1895, it was designed by the architect
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The Lighthouse (Glasgow)

The Lighthouse, Glasgow is located in Glasgow council area
Coordinates
55°51′35″N 4°15′20″W / 55.8597°N 4.2555°W / 55.8597; -4.2555
Glasgow
Scotland
Glasgow Herald
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
administration
Glasgow School Of Art
Creative Scotland
View from the Lighthouse
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Clydesdale Bank
Holmwood House
Alexander "Greek" Thomson
Raphael Zuber
Pascal Flammer
Angela Deuber
Culture in Glasgow
"History"
"The Lighthouse"
"The Lighthouse"
"Banknote Design Features : Clydesdale Bank"
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