With a nod to our festival theme Glasgow Goes Out: The Places That Made Us, Dress for the Weather will deliver a slideshow and talk that charts the history of the city through the lens of the pub.

The evolution and design features of the pub in response to wider cultural, social and political contexts is important to its own heritage as well as leading the way for many new architectural styles and languages to be introduced to the wider city. Dress for the Weather celebrate this heritage by charting an evolution of pub design from pre-Victorian to present day using a selection Glaswegian bars as case studies; The Scotia Bar, The Horse Shoe Bar, The Steps Bar, The Laurieston, Bar Ten and Drygate.

These pubs exemplify the shifts in architecture and design at specific points from 1792 to the current day with many original features revealing the story of this evolution and how the city is in constant flux when it comes to architecture and design.

The event takes place in the famous Laurieston Bar and from there you can of course continue the ‘architectural pub tour’ to the other bars featured at your leisure.

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