Basic Site Details Name: | Lion Chambers, Hope Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 170-172, Hope Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1904 | 1906 | | |  | 1907 | | Design exhibited | Completed by this date |  | 1990s | | Proposed | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | James Salmon (junior) | Architect | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer |  | John Gaff Gillespie | Architect | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer |  | L G Mouchel & Partners | Architectural practice | A | 1904 | 1906 | As structural engineer |  | Salmon, Son & Gillespie | Architectural practice | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer |  | William Forrest Salmon | Architect | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer |  | David Robertson Collin | Architect | J | 1990s | | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers |  | Keppie Architects (later Keppie Design) | Architectural practice | J | 1990s | | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Black, William G | |  | Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust | Cleint for restoration in 1990s |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | 1907 | | part 1 | | p55 Photograph of completed building |  | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p145 |  | McKenzie, Ray | 2002 | Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series) | | Liverpool University Press | p203 |  | Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters, David Whitham | | Docomomo Scotland Leaflet | | | p227 Image |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p228 & plates 90-91 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Building Industries | 16 April 1906 | | | |  | Building Industries | 28 November 1906 | | | |  | Building Industries | 30 January 1907 | | | |  | Building Industries | 15 July 1907 | | | Perspective by Gillespie |  | Building Industries | 16 August 1907 | | | |  | Ferro Concrete | | v2, no 1 | | p2-7 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of David Collin | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent May 2013 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33059 | |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 2/806 |
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