January 27 2023

A B-listed former clay pipe factory in Glasgow's east end is to be developed for the public good after Regeneration Capital Grant Fund agreed to bankroll its conversion.

Brokered by The Friends of the Pipe Factory, a community interest company whose members include INCH Architecture, the deal protects the Italian Renaissance-style building on Bain Street.

INCH has been intimately involved in the project since winning a competition to preserve the Bain Street building with Mark Kilkenny Architects, initiating the sensitive upgrade of roofs and windows to protect the building from the elements in 2015.

More recently, the practice has provided project management and design guidance for the next phase of development which will refashion the factory as a hub for social tenants and member organisations.

In a statement INCH wrote: "Following the successful retention of the building for delivery of social outcomes, and the design of the Architectural vision, INCH Architecture will now step aside to permit the delivery of the architectural design by others, enabling INCH to act in their capacity as a member of the client body."

Proposals seek to improve access to all floors of the building through the installation of an external lift, minimising disruption to existing floorplates while creating a new entrance and public frontage.  

4 Comments

#1 Posted by Lovely on 27 Jan 2023 at 09:49 AM

Well done to all those involved in this very long-running and worthwhile project.

#2 Posted by spike on 27 Jan 2023 at 17:30 PM

Excellent news , so glad this building will be saved

#3 Posted by David on 27 Jan 2023 at 19:31 PM

It would be nice if the demolished centre section could be rebuilt.

#4 Posted by Edward Harkins on 30 Jan 2023 at 20:04 PM

Fantastic achievement by The Friends of the Pipe Factory, Community Interest Company (CIH) & Architects INCH. One of the more significant pieces of industrial heritage in one of the most heritage-rich old locales of Glasgow.

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