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Historic Scotland sponsored design awards
31/05/2003
The two winners from an entry of more than 600 for design awards sponsored by Historic Scotland were named last night by Culture Minister Frank McAveety.
The Public/Leisure Space Award was won by Greenbank Parish Church in Edinburgh where the congregation raised £1 million to meet building costs of a new contemporary multi-purpose hall designed by Lee Boyd Ltd of Edinburgh.
The Chairman's Award for Architecture went to Page and Park for the Kelvingrove Gatehouse Project - Maggie's Centre, Glasgow.
Mr McAveety said:
"Good design is about people and for people. The award to Page & Park Architects for the Maggie Centre is an excellent example of how redundant buildings can be brought back to become a useful part of the community.
"In Scotland we have some of the best talent working in design and architecture. Tonight's ceremony brings together many of those people and it is an excellent way of recognising and showcasing that talent to a wider audience.
"I congratulate you all and am proud to champion your achievements. I am looking forward to my part in creating exciting opportunities for you, for Scotland and for the future."
The former gatehouse at Kelvingrove is a small red sandstone category C(S)-listed gatehouse building by John Burnet comprising 2 'semi-detached' lodges, one serving the west gate to the Western Infirmary and the other forming the arched east gate to the University.
Its position, adjacent to Kelvingrove Park and Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, is at the heart of Glasgow's tourist trail. The 2 houses had been out of use for over a decade, were in a badly dilapidated state and featured in the Buildings at Risk Register. The owners, the University of Glasgow, agreed to lease the building, on a full repairing basis, to the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centre Trust.
The Kelvingrove Gatehouse Project, established in 1997 with the intention of setting up a cancer centre, joined forces with the Maggie's Centre to convert the gatehouse into a cancer support centre. The building was extended to provide a "drop in" information centre facility for the wider benefit of patients, carers, professionals and members of the public.
The project was overseen by Page and Park, Architects. Historic Scotland's grant secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which was critical to the viability of the project. The work, which took the best part of a year, was completed in Autumn 2002. This brings the number of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres to eight throughout the UK.
The total cost of the project was £866,349, which was funded as follows:
- Historic Scotland £75,600
- Heritage Lottery Fund £290,000
- Glasgow City Council £42,375
- Scottish Enterprise Glasgow £30,000
- Pledges/donations £428,374