{"id":4952,"date":"2026-02-16T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:40:37","slug":"al_a-adds-red-glass-entrance-and-panoramic-extension-to-paisley-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/al_a-adds-red-glass-entrance-and-panoramic-extension-to-paisley-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"AL_A adds red glass entrance and panoramic extension to Paisley Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction has been completed on the Paisley Museum in Scotland<\/a>, which has been extended and given a “dramatic red entrance” made from glass by Amanda Levete Architects<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The museum<\/a>, which has an A-listed main building and incorporates Scotland’s oldest public observatory, was redeveloped to have a more “dynamic” presence in Paisley.<\/p>\n

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The museum now features an entrance made from red glass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British studio Amanda Levete Architects<\/a> (AL_A) has added a steel-clad panoramic extension with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, as well as an accessible entrance made from red glass at the front of the Paisley Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Paisley Museum has developed a completely new way of looking at the responsibilities of a museum and the architecture gives this expression and confidence; radical alterations inspired by Paisley’s resilience and capacity for reinvention, light-filled spaces for the community in the new wing and a dramatic red entrance that expresses the town’s radical spirit,” principal of AL_A Amanda Levete said.<\/p>\n

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The galleries inside were modernised and expanded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The museum, which showcases the area’s history and claims to have the “finest collection of Paisley shawls in the world”, was given significant repairs both internally and externally.<\/p>\n

It now features modernised galleries on each floor and has double the space to showcase its collections. AL_A also added a learning space, a heritage centre, a restaurant and a shop.<\/p>\n