Article about BLOCK in todays Evening Times:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5029875.html
Festival plan for hospital site
THE site of the old Royal Maternity Hospital at Rottenrow will be transformed into an open-air cinema as part of a week-long festival to celebrate Glasgow's architecture.
The natural amphi-theatre space, now part of Strathclyde University, will display footage of the old hospital followed by a feature film as a key part in the Block festival - a range of events being held in city from September 18-25.
Block is being run by the Lighthouse - Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City - and aims to encourage people to become more involved with the city they live in.
It will coincide with the popular Doors Open Day weekend on September 18 and 19, when visitors will be encouraged to explore the city's hidden architectural gems which are normally closed to the public.
As well as the cinema event at Rottenrow, a wide variety of exhibitions, tours and activities - most of them free - will be held at venues across the city.
Councillor Alex Mosson, of Glasgow City Council, which is supporting the
festival, said: "Glasgow is rightly proud of its architectural heritage.
"Block will build on the success of Glasgow 1999 in encouraging Glaswegians to enjoy the architecture of this great city."
The festival will culminate in two major conferences being held in Glasgow - an international summit on regeneration and the annual meeting of the UK Architecture Centre Network.
"I'd just move on to the 'hot-air ballooning vigilante' stage of my career earlier than planned"
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