Storytelling is important to understanding architecture and our city; it provides an informal discourse between the past, present and future of the built environment we live in.

For this year’s Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival, New Glasgow Society presents our event ‘Building Stories’; a storytelling project about Glasgow’s derelict buildings. We invited the people of Glasgow to submit their stories and images of derelict, disused and at-risk buildings that they care about. These curated stories and images will be exhibited during the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2022, alongside guided tours and talks throughout September. Through this project we hope to raise awareness of the perilous state of our historic architecture and start a conversation about preserving and improving our built environment.

Acknowledgements

The New Glasgow Society would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the core team and volunteers in making the event successful.

NGS Team

Harriet Orrey-Godden, Alison Brewster, Gordon Scott, Erika Silverman, Thierry Lye, Amanda Kerr.

Volunteers

Le Lu, Jonathan Doku, Elva Karas, Claire Woodward-Nutt, Linda Wilson, Adrian Currie, Jane Macfarlane.