THE BURRELL COLLECTION MUSEUM
The renovation of a Category-A listed post-war Scottish building
The Burrell Collection is one of Europe ’ s finest museums housed in one of the very few Category-A listed post-war Scottish buildings . Its extraordinarily rich collection consists of 9,000 works of fine and decorative arts spanning 6,000 years .
In 1983 it was housed in a critically acclaimed museum building designed by three young Cambridge architectacademics - Barry Gasson , Brit
Andresen , and John Meunier . Made of red Dumfriesshire sandstone , polished concrete , stainless steel , and timber and glass , the seminal 20th-century building occupies a sylvan setting in Pollok Country Park four miles from central Glasgow . In 2016 , Glasgow Life , the charity that delivers cultural , sporting , and learning activities on behalf of Glasgow City Council , appointed John McAslan + Partners as architect and landscape designer to lead the museum ’ s five-year renovation and enhancement .
Working with a team of specialists , John McAslan + Partners focussed on three key project aims : to seamlessly repair the building and improve its environmental performance by a “ fabric first ” approach to its renovation ; to strengthen the building ’ s parkland setting ; and , after careful consideration to open up select areas of the interior
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