This organisation was formed after the First War as a meeting place for young men and women from the Highlands and Islands to meet and socialize in Glasgow. The original premises in Elmbank Street was too small by the 1950s which resulted in the building that opened at 34 Berkeley Street on 19 October, 1961.
The site was earlier a United Presbyterian church, demolished in the 1930s and a dance hall built on the site, the Institute being a rebuilding of this.
Looking very much a product of it's time, the architect was William Hamilton Sanders (c.1914-2014) and was completed for £75,000.
By 1979 it had become a casino, being demolished in 2004, making way for flats.
This rather creased leaflet was issued for the opening ceremony; I must admit to finding the building quite striking, although perhaps poor construction hastened it's demise.
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