{"id":8144,"date":"2021-02-08T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificbuilding.co.uk\/?p=8144"},"modified":"2022-11-08T08:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:36:02","slug":"work-on-art-deco-beresford-gets-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificbuilding.co.uk\/work-on-art-deco-beresford-gets-under-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Work on art deco Beresford gets under way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A major project to create a ground-breaking bar, restaurant and events space in Glasgow&#8217;s landmark Beresford building gets under way today (Monday, February 8, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new addition to the art deco gem on the city\u2019s Sauchiehall Street will be delivered by Pacific Building. Designed by Glasgow practice Allison Architecture, it will feature a 1930s-style cocktail bar, complete with a never-tried-before self-service area, statement lights, pastel and metallics d\u00e9cor scheme and a striking mural by renowned Australian artist Catherine Abel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- close out container -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right-col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n    \n@media screen and (min-width: 1101px){\n.pb-slide-0, .pb-slide-img-0 { width: 333px;}\n.pb-slide-1, .pb-slide-img-1 { width: 477px;}\n.pb-slide-2, .pb-slide-img-2 { width: 753px;}\n.pb-slide-3, .pb-slide-img-3 { width: 403px;}\n.pb-slide-4, .pb-slide-img-4 { width: 837px;}\n.pb-slide-5, .pb-slide-img-5 { width: 868px;}\n.pb-slide-6, .pb-slide-img-6 { width: 888px;}\n.pb-slide-7, .pb-slide-img-7 { width: 886px;}\n.pb-slide-8, .pb-slide-img-8 { width: 366px;}\n@media screen and (min-width: 1101px)}\n@media screen and (max-width: 1100px){\n.pb-slide-0, .pb-slide-img-0 { width: 240px;}\n.pb-slide-1, 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success of Beresford Lounge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Beresford \u2013 named after architect William Beresford Inglis and built originally as a hotel \u2013 opened in 1938 to coincide with the Empire Exhibition and is now a Category-B listed building, as well as being an official Glasgow Landmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was famously the location of an address by John F Kennedy to 150 American survivors of the sinking of the Govan-built passenger liner SS Athenia, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland in September 1939, killing 117 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Americans had been taken to the Beresford and put up there following the attack. The building then went on to house troops during World War II. A private function room in the new lounge will be named in JFK\u2019s honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, it was turned into student accommodation and for the past few years has housed a number of serviced apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific, whose clients include bar and restaurant chain Mitchells &amp; Butlers, fast-food giants McDonald\u2019s and Glasgow and Edinburgh International Airports, plan to hand over the completed project to the clients ready for its scheduled opening on May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific Building MD Gerard McMahon said: \u201cThis is truly a landmark project \u2013 working on one of the city\u2019s most famous and visually striking buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are sure the Beresford Lounge will be a stylish and welcome addition to the city\u2019s premier street and to the local social scene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New of the start of the work on the Beresford was picked up by mainstream and sector-specific media outlets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/business_hq\/19071984.glasgow-beresford-building-work-1930s-style-cocktail-bar-restaurant-way-art-deco-gem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Herald<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;, <a href=\"https:\/\/scottishconstructionnow.com\/article\/work-on-glasgow-s-art-deco-beresford-building-gets-under-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scottish Construction Now<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/projectscot.com\/2021\/02\/refurbishment-work-begins-at-glasgow-landmark-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Project Scotland<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images courtesy of allisonarchitecture.co.uk, rmvisualisation.com and WordMediaCo Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major project to create a ground-breaking bar, restaurant and events space in Glasgow&#8217;s landmark Beresford building gets under way today (Monday, February 8, 2021). 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