2<\/p>\n The Glasgow School of Art was designed by Charles Rennie MackintoshCredit: Alamy 2<\/p>\n Glasgow\u2019s O2 ABC on Sauchiehall StreetCredit: Alan MacGregor Ewing<\/p>\n Planning<\/a> documents have revealed that the legendary disco will be transformed into student accommodation.<\/p>\n However art school principal Professor Penny Macbeth has expresssed concerns over the nearby rebuild.<\/p>\n She said: “The recommendation for approval places our commitment to the rebuilding of the Mackintosh Building at significant risk.<\/p>\n “The former Jumping Jaks\/ ABC site proposals fundamentally compromise the Mackintosh Building’s heritage significance as a purpose-design art school.<\/p>\n “Exercising our responsibilities as custodians of the Mackintosh, committed to its rebuilding as a working school of art, only works if the responsibilities of the City Council, as custodians of Glasgow<\/a>‘s built heritage, are exercised wisely.<\/p>\n “We all agree that the redevelopment of the former Jumping Jaks\/ABC is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to positively transform this part of the city.<\/p>\n “However, it needs to be done without detrimental impact to the internationally significant Category A-listed Mackintosh.”<\/p>\n Plans to transform the iconic Glasgow venue have taken a major step forward<\/a> after being submitted to councillors.<\/p>\n The O2 ABC on Sauchiehall Street has lain empty for seven years after it was\u00a0damaged by the fire at the Glasgow School of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n The legendary music venue\u00a0was unable to open its doors after it was\u00a0ruined by the devastating blaze in June 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n Huge fire erupts at tower block opposite O2 arena as smoke billows from flat<\/p>\n Flames from the art school spread to the ABC and tore through the building, as well as Jumping Jaks, the pub next door.<\/p>\n And the O2 ABC has been derelict and lying abandoned ever since, with locals frequently branding the site an “eyesore”.<\/p>\n But in January year,\u00a0plans were revealed to revive the site<\/a>\u00a0by developer Vita Group to transform it into modern student accommodation.<\/p>\n The plans involve tearing down the C-listed building and replacing it with the new development, which would\u00a0house<\/a>\u00a0356\u00a0students<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLASGOW School of Art has reportedly raised concerns over the rebuild of the O2 ABC. The education establishment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,895,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-section-moneynews-money","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114684460085708171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Glasgow](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bc29x6-dh-glasgow-school-art-900110560.jpg\")
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