The recently revealed facade of the A-Listed Egyptian Halls on Union Street in central Glasgow. Designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, it was built in 1870. The upper floors have been largely empty since the 1980s and has been covered in scaffolding since the late 2000s. That was until the last few weeks, when it was removed so work could finally begin on restoring the building.
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The saga of Egyptian Halls is a key case study in how the current system for protecting the city's built heritage is simply no longer fit for purpose. Instead, we need a system which can move much faster to help preserve important buildings that are at risk of being lost. We also need a much better way of funding building preservation.
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Finally, at a national level, we need changes in tax rules, and particularly VAT rules, to make it much cheaper to renovate older buildings in comparison to knocking them down and constructing new ones in their place, rather than the current systen which favours the construction of new buildings and penalises renovation projects.
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