The Lighthouse, Glasgow

The Lighthouse Trust went into administration in August 2009. At its peak the Lighthouse Trust employed around 90 staff. Its directors moved on: Nick Barley became director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Following a substantial redundancy programme the remaining staff were transferred to Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) and Glasgow City Council (GCC). The Lighthouse building remains in the ownership of Glasgow City Council, which has made financial provision to meet the costs of operating the centre, re-establishing it as Scotland's National Centre for Architecture and Design. A Steering Group – made up of representatives of Glasgow City Council, Glasgow School Of Art, Scottish Enterprise, Creative Scotland, and various independent architects and designers – has now implemented a range of permanent and temporary uses within the building including a conference/events programme, catering facilities, temporary and permanent exhibitions, a limited amount of business space, and a design shop (TOJO) on the ground floor. Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) now occupy one of five floors of the building and continue to run a range of programmes on that floor. The remaining staff were awarded extended contracts of employment with GCC. The centre closed in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. In 2025 Glasgow City Council agreed to lease the building as a climate-tech hub. ==Views of Glasgow==

One of the key features of the Lighthouse is the uninterrupted view over Glasgow's cityscape available from the Mackintosh Tower at the north of the building, which is accessible via a helical staircase from the third floor. There is also another modern viewing platform at the south of the building, on the sixth floor and is only accessible via lift. File:Glasgow rooftops - the East End (geograph 3629384).jpg|View from the Lighthouse File:GlasgowIn2011Rooftops.jpg|View from the Lighthouse File:View from the Lighthouse (8) - south (zoomed) (geograph 2457048).jpg|View from the Lighthouse File:"The Lighthouse" (Glasgow) (3802871083).jpg|View from the Lighthouse ==City of architecture and design==

In 1999, the Clydesdale Bank issued a £20 note to mark Glasgow's celebrations as UK City of Architecture and Design which featured an illustration of the Lighthouse building and the dome of Thomson's Holmwood House on the reverse. The obverse side carried a portrait of Glaswegian architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson. ==Group exhibitions==

• June 25 – July 6, 2014: Young Swiss Public with works by Raphael Zuber, Pascal Flammer, Angela Deuber, Barão Hutter, Lütjens Padmanabhan, Dreier Frenzel and Brockmann Stierlin ==See also==