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Glasgow Architecture : Buildings Information + Images

Key Contemporary Building Developments in west of Scotland

Glasgow Buildings Glasgow, once called the Second City of the Empire, has always been a strong trading city. Famous architects that have designed buildings here include Rennie Mackintosh, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Zaha Hadid. The city has a strong grid plan and the Merchant City was once the home of Glasgow's tobacco lords. Thumbnails are not linked to larger images on this page as the projects are featured on a related website, Glasgow Architecture : please follow the textlinks for more images/information. Glasgow Science Centre: photo © Keith Hunter, from BDP Architects Ten Key Glasgow Buildings Building Designs, chronological: 1. St Vincent Street Church 1859 Alexander 'Greek' Thomson image © Adrian Welch St Vincent Street Church 2. Central Station 1879 Blyth & Cunningham; Rowand Anderson picture © Adrian Welch Central Station Glasgow 3. Glasgow School of Art 1896 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect photograph : Andrew Lee Glasgow School of Art 4. Hill House, Helensburgh, north-west of Glasgow 1904 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect photo © Adrian Welch Hill House Glasgow 5. Burrell Museum 1983 Sir Barry Gasson with Brit Andresen, Architect photo © Adrian Welch Burrell Museum 6. Hunterian Museum 1978 William Whitfield Hunterian Museum : interior of a Mackintosh-designed house 7. Homes for the Future 1999 Page & Park Architects; RMJM, Ian Ritchie, Elder & Cannon, Mckeown Alexander, Ushida Findlay, Wren Rutherford ASL, Rick Mather Architects image from architect Homes for the Future 8. Glasgow Science Centre 1999 Richard Horden Architects; BDP Architects image from architect Glasgow Science Centre 9. Radisson SAS Hotel 2003 gm+ad architects picture © Andrew Lee Glasgow Radisson 10. Glasgow Transport Museum 2005- Zaha Hadid Architects image from architect Glasgow Transport Museum Homes for the Future picture : Andrew Lee © Mckeown Alexander Architects Glasgow News Glasgow Tours - Walking Tours of the city Scottish Architecture Key Public Spaces in the city - Glasgow Squares & Parks Buchanan Street George Square Glasgow Lighthouse photo by David Churchill SECC Arena image from Foster + Partners Architecture Tours

Other major Glasgow buildings

Designs, alphabetical:
BBC Scotland
Bell Street
CCA Glasgow
Clyde Auditorium
Crown Street
Glasgow Tower
Hazelwood School
Hidden Gardens
House for an Art Lover
Italian Centre
Jumeirah Glasgow Hotel
Merchant City
Pacific Quay
SECC
St Enoch Centre
Tron Theatre
Willow Tea Rooms

Glasgow Harbour

photo from Glasgow Harbour

Marks Hotel Glasgow

image : Andrew Lee



Glasgow Fort

Buchanan Galleries

2014 Commonwealth Games

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