Reg.Nr. 98/UK/22

Luma Tower, Shieldhall

The former Luma Lamp Factory on Shieldhall Road is a famous Glaswegian Iandmark building and as such is Category "B" listed by Historie Scotland. The building was commissioned in 1938 by the British Luma Co-Operative Light Company to co-incide with the Empire Exhibition as the ...
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Project details

Title:Luma Tower, Shieldhall
Entr. year: 1998
Result:Diploma
Country: United Kingdom
Town: Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Light bulb factory
Actual use:Apartment building
Built: 1938
Architect / Proj.leader: Cornelius Armour, Architect
The Jury's citation: For the respectful and assured adaptation to new use of a prominent and derelict monument of 1930s industrial architecture.
GPS:55°51'35.4" N; 4°20'48.7" W
Web, Links:

www.architectureglasgow.co.uk/midcity.lumatower.html

Description:
The former Luma Lamp Factory on Shieldhall Road is a famous Glaswegian Iandmark building and as such is Category "B" listed by Historie Scotland. The building was commissioned in 1938 by the British Luma Co-Operative Light Company to co-incide with the Empire Exhibition as the Glasgow Headquarters of the firstInternational Co-Operative Factory for the manufacture of electric lamps. One of the few surviving examples of Art Deco architecture in Glasgow, its principal features is a tall conical tower surmounting the south west corner, and rising to a height of 25m. Linthouse Housing Association Lirnited were convinced of the inherent beauty and potential of the Luma Building, and in 1993 had the foresight to commission a development appraisal to investigate the conversion of the existing building to housing (43 flats and new building of 12 flats to match the original building).