Michael Meighan
Lumafabriken, Stockholm
The Luma Building is a rare example in Glasgow of an art deco building and was built to coincide with the Empire Exhibition that same year and held in the nearby Bellahouston Park.
Its designer Cornelious Armour was a house architect for the SCWS who worked on a number of their factories and shops. Not a lot is known about his original work although he is credited with extensions to the SCWS linoleum factory, a listed building still in Falkland, in Fife. Interestingly, the same Swedish cooperative also had an interest in this factory. The fact is that Cornelius may simply have been a project architect working to a given design, for the Luma building is strikingly similar to the Luma building in Stockholm designed by Artur von Schmalensee and Eskil Sundahl in 1930. Like Luma in Glasgow, the Lumafabrikens buildings in Stockholm, now called Luma Park, are listed and preserved as offices and housing.
Lumafabriken, Stockholm
The Luma Building is a rare example in Glasgow of an art deco building and was built to coincide with the Empire Exhibition that same year and held in the nearby Bellahouston Park.
Its designer Cornelious Armour was a house architect for the SCWS who worked on a number of their factories and shops. Not a lot is known about his original work although he is credited with extensions to the SCWS linoleum factory, a listed building still in Falkland, in Fife. Interestingly, the same Swedish cooperative also had an interest in this factory. The fact is that Cornelius may simply have been a project architect working to a given design, for the Luma building is strikingly similar to the Luma building in Stockholm designed by Artur von Schmalensee and Eskil Sundahl in 1930. Like Luma in Glasgow, the Lumafabrikens buildings in Stockholm, now called Luma Park, are listed and preserved as offices and housing.