Reimagining Egyptian Halls

The Alexander Thomson Society are pleased to announce our ideas competition for Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s A-listed Egyptian Halls in Glasgow. The upper floors of the building have been vacant for nearly 40 years and the current proposals for the site are increasingly nonviable due to rising costs (current deficit £28m as per the owners), whilst the building has been actively marketed for 18 years without any movement. (For more information on the current proposals visit the owners website at www.egyptianhalls.co.uk).

The Society’s hope with this competition is to show that the building is suitable for conversion to a whole range of uses, and to encourage those actively engaged in determining the future of the building to think creatively about what might be accommodated on the site. As well as to use suggestions generated to foster discussion with the public more widely as part of the Society’s goal to develop a programme of engagement around the building and the heritage of the site.

An entry fee of £15/£25 is being charged to contribute towards the costs of the prize fund (£500 to the winner, £100 to commendations as awarded) and towards those associated with hosting a public exhibition of the entries.

We are grateful to the owner of the building and his design team for engaging in discussions with the Society around the future of the building, and for supporting this endeavour through the provision of drawings and photographs.

More information about the competition can be found at www.regyptianhalls.org.uk

As part of our engagement strategy we are looking to gather historic images of the building, stories about its uses, mentions of it in the press, and any other information we can lay our hands on. If you think you have anything you could contribute please do contact us on: info@alexanderthomsonsociety.org.uk