Common of Houses @ 994 Pollokshaws Road

In the summer 2009 I organised a competition with the Architect's Journal and The Lighthouse called Common of Houses. The aim of the competition was to come up with creative solutions for the MPs' expense fiasco - entrants were asked to design two types of home. A Westminster mass housing solution and a constituency home design in which MPs are allowed to stay when they are elected.

The response to the competition was great and we received some amazing entries from designers and architects throughout the world. After a fun judging session in London with Ken Livingstone and Ruth Reed the competition was eventually won by Glasgow based architects Jude Barber and Phil Zoechbauer of Collective Architecture. Unfortunately the announcement of the winners coincided with the Lighthouse going into administration and we therefore had to come up with an alternative plan to exhibit the entries. A mini exhibition of the work is therefore now travelling the country and as of this morning it is in the Southside. The owner of "Clark Thomas - Express Alterations" has kindly donated part of the vacant shopfront next to their shop to show the work. It is therefore on display right beside the main bus stop on the way into town at 994 Pollokshaws Road. Its just a small selection of the work but some of the entries are brilliantly drawn and worth a look.
We'd really to thank the guys at Clark Thomas for donating the use of their shopfront. I've used them before to get a coat cleaned and to repair an old and favourite pair of trousers and always had a good service.

Clark Thomas Express Alterations
994 Pollokshaws Road, G41 2HA

0141 632 0469

[The exhibition will be coming down on Sunday the 28 Feb]