Glasgow Film Theatre / The Cosmo:
Purpose built cinema building in a modern art deco style opened in 1939 and designed by architect J. McKissack (1844-1940). McKissack specialised in cinema design and this building was the flagship cinema of the Singleton chain when opened. Originally named The Cosmo, the building was renamed the Glasgow Film Theatre when it reopened in 1974 after purchase and extensive internal modifications commissioned by new owners the Scottish Film Council. Previously the foyer had been remodelled by the architecture firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia in 1968. The exterior of the building is original to McKissack's design
street address: 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Latitude / Longitude: 55.865698,-4.261314 (sourced using Google Maps)
GFT signage sited above the exit on the north elevation
Rose Street west elevation, with the three stepped tower over the entrance. The building is of brown brick with tiles at ground level of a creamy tan colour. These tiled details are continued accentuating the buildings form.
tower on Rose Street
tiled sides curve inwards to reveal the main entrance
tiled sides curve inwards to reveal the main entrance
black glazed tiles with light mottled brown glazed tiles, topped by shaped pale tiles before the brick of the main walls rises skyward above on the west elevation
view up recessed brick work details giving the west facade a vertical thrust
north elevation to the left, and the front west elevation to the right
stepped brick massing over the entrance on the west elevation
north elevation with the overlapping massing and tiled details and reveals
glazed rounded reveals flank the exit doors on the north elevation, the same design is replicated at the main entrance on the west elevation
part of north elevation
fire exit on the east end of the north elevation
industrially styled 'off the shelf' light fitting on the north elevation
view westwards up Renfrew Street, the GFT to the left, then a tenement block, then the rear of the McClellan Galleries, then another tenement and then the Mackintosh Building can be seen on the left side of the road.
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