HERITAGE COALITION SAVES SCOTTISH MODERNIST ‘JEWEL’ IN FIERCELY FOUGHT AUCTION
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✍️ A coalition of design and conservation charities has won an auction to buy a threatened modernist building in the Scottish Borders, the Bernat Klein Studio, for £279,000.
👉 The coalition paid £279,000 for the Bernat Klein Studio in an online auction 👉 The building has been on Scotland's at-risk register for over 20 years 👉 The coalition plans to restore the building and reopen it as a permanent home for the Bernat Klein Foundation 👉 The building is a category A-listed building designed by Peter Womersley in 1972 👉 The restoration is expected to cost up to £3m
-- #BernatKlein #PeterWomersley #AlisonHarley #SamuelGallacher #CocoChanel #YvesSaintLaurent #ScottishBorders #Selkirk #Scotland #environment
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