Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Location
- Glasgow, UK
- Client
- Glasgow City Council
- Expertise
- Lighting
- Architecture
- Interior Design
- Completion
- 2005
- Cost
- £28m
Modernising the most popular museum in the UK outside London.
Modernising the most popular museum in the UK outside London. This project involved sensitive reinstatement and extension of a Grade A-listed building — Glasgow City Council’s ‘jewel in the crown’. We relocated lower-ground stores and staff accommodation, creating space for a new restaurant, education suite and environmentally controlled exhibition space. Our new north entrance provided Kelvingrove’s first barrier-free access and our rationalised parking area freed up space for recreation. We encouraged vertical circulation of visitors by relocating lifts; two new public staircases link the new exhibition space to an impressive central hall.
Brief
Redisplay an extensive collection create modern, inclusive and welcoming facilities create more display space
Results
The most-visited museum in the UK outside London improved views of the building in its reinstated parkland setting Architecture Scotland Award (Scotland’s Favourite Building: Public Vote) 2006, Scottish Design Award (Commendation) 2007, Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award 2006, Finalist Gulbenkian Prize 2007