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The Lighthouse

Daily

Cost: £3; concessions £1.50

Hours: Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm (from 11am Tue); Sun 12pm-5pm

Glasgow's city-centre Lighthouse is dedicated to architecture and design. These former newspaper offices, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, have six floors of gallery space where today's architects display visions for our cities. Visit the top-floor Doocot for a post-exhibition snack.

Opened in July 1999, The Lighthouse is Scotland's first national centre for architecture and design, fashioned by way of a £13-million conversion to Charles Rennie Mackintosh's 1895 building for the Glasgow Herald.

The interpretation centre examines Mackintosh's influence. Based on the third floor, it includes the stairway up the Mackintosh Tower, from the top of which you can see across Glasgow to the Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art.

There is also a dedicated education floor, including a workshop, computer laboratory and gallery space.

The Lighthouse