Architects appointed for major new Glasgow dance and trapeze studio

Wasps, the artist studio company, has appointed Collective Architecture of Glasgow to turn a section of The Briggait building in the city into the Creation Centre.

The architects will lead the second phase of the redevelopment of The Briggait, a Grade A-listed complex in the city's Merchant City, which is already the Wasps HQ and studios, work and rehearsal space for artists, performers and arts companies.

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The 4 million Briggait Creation Centre will give Glasgow a "public base for dance and Scotland's first purpose built accessible space for disabled dancers", Wasps said.

It will also provide facilities for the physical performance art forms - including circus, street theatre, flying trapeze and other aerial skills.

Audrey Carlin, Wasps' executive director for corporate services, said: "This is a project of huge value to the future of the arts in Scotland.

"We are extremely pleased to have architects on board who have such a clear commitment to the project and a sense of excitement about what can be achieved.

"We are providing professional and amateur artists and performers with an amazing new centre where they can come together to work, rehearse, hold classes, plan collaborations and perform shows.

"At the same time the project will ensure that one of Glasgow's most important historic buildings is sensitively redeveloped to give it a sustainable future and to contribute further to the regeneration of the Clyde waterfront and Merchant City."

Built in several stages between 1873 and 1904, and with a 17th century stone tower, The Briggait was once the city's fish market and has Scotland's oldest surviving collection of market halls.

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Architects appointed for major new Glasgow dance and trapeze studio