The construction of the 'new glass wing' caused something of a stir judging by the increase in photographers around the site compound and the subsequent Flickr images floating around. It was also a bit of a shock for us - I had only understood the construction plans on a superficial level so it meant that we had to temporarily downplay our liberal use of the phrase 'new glass wing' as it is, in fact, made of concrete!
The glass and metal 'skin' will be going up shortly - you can see from the image that the fixings are on. It is exciting watching it go up as you can see the big architectural statement that it will make about the Usher Hall and the arts quarter. One of the issues that we wanted addressed at the start of the project was that the Usher Hall had a very 'closed' look about it during the day and we wanted to create a more open feel.
I am due to receive some images from the contractor which will show some more detail, including the internal works such as the circular stairwell.
In the meantime we keep repeating our mantra, "it will be fabulous when it's finished". In the meantime, our concert schedule is beginning to fill up and we are selling lots of tickets for the Autumn.
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