The Bathhouse
Location
Glasgow City Centre, Merchant City
Address
14-20 Osborne Street, Glasgow, G1 5EZ
Description
The Bathhouse is a proposed new visual arts centre in Glasgow’s Merchant City. It is the first venture of The Third Step, a charity created by the renowned artist Peter Howson to help alcoholics and recovering drug addicts.
RMJM have drawn up proposals for the conversion of a 19th century bathhouse to create a space that will allow the public to see art as a living process - from artist, through to training and printing and then to the gallery.
The principal studio space, for Peter Howson himself, will have a glass wall and passers-by will be able to see the internationally-acclaimed artist at work. A further three studios will provide workspace for local artists who will be trained by Howson. A ground floor restaurant and top floor apartment complete the accommodation.
Cost
Approximately £600,000
Current status
Work expected to begin in 2008
Timescale
2008 - 2010
Lead partner
The Third Step
Other partners
Merchant City Initiative
Project team
Architects: RMJM; Quantity Surveyor: Brown And Wallace.
Website
The Bathhouse
Contact details
John Mullen, Director, The Third Step, 0141 552 2220, thethirdstep2002@yahoo.co.uk