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Civic House —

Coworking studio, communal canteen and flexible event space across two floors of a reimagined 1920s print works.

Address

Civic House
26 Civic Street
Glasgow, G4 9RH

Civic House started life as Civic Press in the 1920s and now hosts a dynamic range of activities – coworking, festivals, workshops, talks and food events (to name a few!)

Bringing together a community working across architecture, design, music, film, and food, we provide space and facilities to turn ideas into action and build a positive future for Glasgow.

Flooded with natural light, the interior celebrates its open-plan industrial past. In 2021 we completed an extensive PassivHaus retrofit project – reducing our energy demand and generating electricity via solar panels to become one of Scotland’s first post-industrial spaces to become energy positive.

In July 2023, Civic House was awarded Silver for Architecture: Retrofit at
The Scottish Design Awards, read more about our Retrofit journey here.

Interested in Civic House?

View and enquire about hiring space here
For Coworking space and memberships contact: civichouse@agile-city.com
Visit Parveen’s Canteen for lunch, Tue – Fri, from 12pm

Spaces for Hire at Civic House

Serviced Office

Serviced Office at Civic House merges functionality with beauty in Glasgow's most dynamic Coworking Studio

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Coworking Space

Coworking Space at Civic House Glasgow, offers inspiring, open-plan and flexible space for collaboration and focused work

Area
118m², 1270ft²
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Festival Hub

Festival Hub at Civic House offers three linked spaces for larger scale events, festivals and conferences

Cost / hr
£100
Capacity
Up to 200
Area
343m², 3692ft²
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Canteen

Canteen at Civic House is an open and adaptable venue for informal occasions from dining to dancing

Cost / hr
£63
Capacity
Up to 200
Area
90m², 969ft²
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Venue

Venue at Civic House is a welcoming and flexible space for community gatherings, exhibitions and workshops

Cost / hr
£50
Capacity
Up to 200
Area
117m², 1259ft²
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Project Space

Project Space at Civic House for meetings, workshops or exhibitions in an intimate setting.

Cost / hr
£25
Capacity
Up to 30
Area
18.5m², 199ft²
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Civic House Floorplans

Download Floorplans
A floor plan of the ground floor of Civic House. The scale is 1:200 and North is marked at the left hand side of the plan. Rooms included are venue, project space, canteen, kitchen and bar, gender neutral toilets, accessible workspace, accessible toilet, platform lift, and accessible entrance/exit.
A diagram of the energy strategy for Civic House. An isometric view of 26 Civic Street is annotated with Collective Energy's plan for a smart energy and air quality monitoring system. The energy in from the grid and solar panels is stored in batteries within the building and used for appliances, cooking, and lighting as well as electric car and bike charging. Meanwhile, there is a mechanical heat ventilation system and an electric hot water system to control the heat in the building. Behind the building is a plan for a greenhouse using recycled windows from the existing building.

Building & Hire Information

Building Info

 

Accessibility
Civic House was built in the 1920s without accessibility in mind. As we develop the building, we are also working to improve its accessibility.

Civic House is split over two levels, connected via stairs. There are currently no lifts, automatic / assisted doors, or dedicated Blue Badge Parking.

Ground floor: Platform lift adjacent to the main entrance, an accessible toilet, and assistance can be provided by staff.

First floor: Currently no lift to the first floor.

 

Business Hours
Our standard business hours are 09:00 – 17:00 (Monday to Friday)

 

Condition of Building
Civic House was built as a print works in 1920. Since 2018 it has been redeveloped to open up the internal spaces and insulate the exterior of the building.

The original interior materials have been left exposed, to celebrate their natural qualities and make a clear distinction between old and new finishes.

 

Fire Safety
There is a full fire alarm system installed which covers the entire building, emergency lights covering all exits, and extinguishers on site.

Please refer to the fire plan that is displayed in each space of the building for locations of fire escape routes and alarm call points.

An induction will be carried out and signed off for customers. Moving, tampering or removing any Health & Safety or fire safety equipment during a hire may result in deposits being withheld.

 

Insurance
Agile City has building and public liability insurance to cover the general operations of Civic House.

This does not cover third party operations and we require all customers to be covered by their own public liability and insurance to cover all activity and anyone on site (staff, guests, public).

 

Making Good
Any installation or fixings required for an event should be discussed in advance. All hire spaces must be cleared and reset to the condition they were in at the start of the hire.

Any resetting or redecoration required by Agile City will be recharged to the customer and deducted from the deposit.

 

Noise
Civic House is a multi-use building hosting a coworking space, canteen, venue, and meeting room.

We cannot guarantee silence for filming / recording, and excessive noise for music / performance must be discussed and agreed with the Enquiry team and scheduled in advance.

 

Parking
There is no dedicated or free parking at Civic House, but there is a loading bay in front of the building. Paid parking bays can be found on Civic St and adjoining roads.

 

Toilets
Ground floor: 1 x accessible toilet, 1 x mixed block with 3 open cubicles.
First floor: 2 x individual toilets, 1 x shower and drying cabinet.

 

Transport Links
Bus: No. 7, 68, 71A, 72, 75 and M3 bus routes from Buchanan Bus Station (Garscube Road bus stop).

Subway: 3 min walk from Cowcaddens subway station, 7 Minute walk from St George’s Cross subway station.

Train: 7 min walk from both Charing Cross and Queen Street Train Station.

Car: 2 minute drive from M8 motorway (Junction 17)

Bike: NextBike station 15 min walk from Civic House heading north on Garscube Road.

 

Waste Removal
General Waste, Mixed Recycling, and Glass Recycling bins are available on site for ‘general and fair use’. They are not for bulky waste – should customer activities generate more waste than normal, extra collection charges will be levied.

 

Wi-Fi
Civic House has a 200 Mbps fibre Wi-Fi network, which is zoned for the different spaces.

Testimonials

“Civic House is a gorgeous space full of wonderful people, with many working in the creative industries, architecture, and placemaking, which crosses over with what we do. I love how people eat together at lunchtime, either in the studio kitchen or downstairs at Parveen’s Canteen (which is absolutely delicious), it makes the space feel very sociable. Where we work is very important to us, we want our clients and collaborators to enjoy visiting us. As we’ve started working with more clients in Glasgow, they’ve loved popping over for coffee and food. We feel at the centre of something here at Civic House, with regular parties and events happening throughout the building. It suits our Rabbithole personality perfectly.”

Mark Martin – Rabbithole Design


“We loved the raw, industrial vibe for Just Start Here, our work-in-progress festival. It provided the perfect context for the audience and the artists who were trying something new – which chimes brilliantly with the ethos of the building –it was brilliant to host discussions about art and activism in a space that is centred around community progression and development. I can’t praise the Agile City team enough either, they were flexible and responsive and artistically engaged with what we wanted to achieve.”

Anna Hodgart – Engine Room Producer, National Theatre of Scotland


“Civic House provided the ideal festival hub for us. The ground floor of the venue served as café-bar, guest accreditation and screening room, which meant we were able to host festival delegates, guests, speakers and members of the public for screenings, discussions, live gigs, receptions, dinners and parties! We used Civic House Kitchen to cater for all our events and the food was excellent! The team went above and beyond to meet our hospitality and technical needs. We’re excited to continue working with Civic House in the future.”

Matt Lloyd – Director, Glasgow Short Film Festival


“As a remote worker I was looking to get out of my flat but the offices for my employer aren’t in Glasgow. Rather than spend the money on travel I thought I’d rather spend the money on a desk space locally. I value the social interaction and connections to other people working in related fields and Civic House is such a warm, cosy and bright space to be.”

Alex Wilde, Shaping Places for Wellbeing


“As an open-source, eclectic festival we really look for our hub to support and present a great variety of our programme and we found the ideal space in Civic House. From clean, large open plan galley-style spaces to smaller, more unconventional rooms for smaller presentations We loved the additional opportunity to work outdoors via the exterior sites in front of the building – they gave us a great opportunity to really promote the festival. The team were also a joy to work with – well organised and responsive with an excellent range of skills and experience. We felt very well looked-after, comfortable and well-supported.”

Andy Summers – Director, Architecture Fringe


“Civic House as a venue is spacious, adaptable, the interior has superb natural lighting and atmosphere. We have used the event space on several occasions, the team are really professional and accommodating, with assistance on hand for any technical questions or accessibility needs. There is a real sense of the venue being for and about the community. Being situated right next to the canal is of course ideal for us and a great meeting place for us to showcase the canal networks to any guests.”

Lisa Ross – Scottish Canals