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  • Museum of Slavery Proposal Wins Egyptian Halls Public Vote

    In 2019 the Alexander Thomson Society launched a competition entitled Reimagining Egyptian Halls, in order to encourage designers from across the world to think creatively about what a future use for Greek…

  • Reimagining Egyptian Halls

    An Ideas Competition for the adaptive reuse of Thomson’s Egyptian Halls In 2019, The Alexander Thomson Society invited designers from around the world to develop ideas for the adaptive re-use of Alexander…

  • THE MOST ENDANGERED BUILDINGS IN EUROPE

    Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls recognised among the most at risk cultural sites in Europe Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s A-listed masterpiece, the Egyptian Halls, has been shortlisted by the pan-European heritage organisation, Europa Nostra, for…

  • 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…

  • Egyptian Halls

    The Egyptian Halls, Union Street, is quite possibly one of Glasgow’s greatest buildings. Designed by Alexander Thomson from 1870 and completed in 1872 for the iron manufacturer, James Henderson Robertson, it is…