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Contemporary Scottish Practices Edinburgh Architects Glasgow Architects Scottish Architects : Contemporary Studios Scottish buildings in italics; some Architects are included simply due to having designed major Scottish Buildings, eg the Scott brothers. Adam Bros. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Stamford, Lincs. James Adam Babbity Bowster, Glasgow McLennan Arch, Glasgow Hertford, Herts - Fore Street John Adam Banff, Banffshire Dalkeith Palace minor additions (1762) Downhill Castle, Northumberland Probably the most famous Scottish architects of all time - Robert Adam, from an illustrious family of Scottish architects: Robert Adam Adelphi project, London Airthrey Castle, Stirlingshire Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Archerfield House (interior), East Lothian Ballochmyle House, Ayrshire Binley, Warks. - Church of St Bartholomew Brockhall, Northants. Burton Constable, Yorks. Castle Upton, Antrim Culzean Castle, Ayrshire Dalquharran Castle, south Ayrshire Dumfries House Fort George, Inverness. Gifford, East Lothian - Yester House* Gosford House, East Lothian Gunton, Norfolk - Church of St Andrew Harewood House with John Carr of York Headfort House, Meath Jerviston, Lanarkshire Kedleston Hall, Derbys. Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. Kirkdale, Kircudbrightshire London - Hyde Park Corner, Kenwood, Royal Hospital Mavisbank, Berwicks. with Sir John Clerk Mellerstain, Berwicks. with William Adam Milton Abbas, Dorset - Abbey Newliston, West Lothian No.8 Queen St, Edinburgh Newby Hall, Yorks. Nostell Priory, Yorks. Osterley Park House, London Oxenford, Midlothian Register House, Princes St, Edinburgh Stowe, Bucks. Sunnyside, Midlothian Syon House, London Trades Hall, Glasgow *Yester House - 1699-1728 by James Smith and Alexander MacGill, with interventions by William & Robert Adam William Adam Caroline Park - west range only, Edinburgh, possible input from John Adam Chatelherault Lodge, Lanarks. Duff House - Banff, Banffs. General Wade's Bridge - Aberfeldy, Perths. Haddo House, Aberddenshire Haddington Town House, 1748, East Lothian Pollok House Pollokshaws, Lanarks. Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen The Royal Infirmary, High School Yards, Edinburgh Robert Rowand Anderson Scottish National Portait Gallery, 1 Queen St, Edinburgh Scottish Provident Building, (Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul) Cornelius Armour Luma Building, Glasgow W Hamilton Beattie Jenners, Edinburgh (photo above) Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh William Bruce Balcaskie House, Fife Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Hopetoun House, West Lothian Kinross House, Kinross Thirlstane Castle, Berwicks. David Bryce Balcarres House (William Burn 1834), additions 1863 Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Orkney 1846-50 Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (former British Linen Bank) 1846 The Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh 1864-71 Cairnhill House 1840s Carradale House, Carradale Bay, Kintyre 1844 (18th Century house extended) Craigends House, Renfrewshire 1857; demolished 1971 Dalkeith Palace: conservatory & church with William Burn 1850's Dargavel House, Bishopton, redevelopment 1849 Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place Fettes College, Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh 1864-70 Free St. George's Church, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh 1867-69 Hamilton and Inches: refurbishment of 87 George St, Edinburgh 1835 Kinnaird Castle, Angus 1854 Leny, Callendar, 1845 Seacliffe, North Berwick 1841 Tollcross, Tollcross Park, Glasgow 1848 Torosay, Isle of Mull 1856 Robert Burn (1752-1815) Nelson's Monument Calton Hill, Edinburgh John Watson's School, now the SNGMA, Edinburgh William Burn Blairquhan Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 1821 Court House, Haddington Custom House Leith (interior), Leith, Edinburgh Dalkeith Palace: conservatory & church with David Bryce 1850's (David Bryce was a partner in William Burn's practice) Invergowrie, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 1837 Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh Melville Monument, Edinburgh 1823 Milton Lockhart, Lanarkshire 1829 Pitcairns House, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland ,1827 St John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh 1816-18 Stenhouse, Stirlingshire re-modelling 1836 Tyninghame House, East Linton, East Lothian 1830 John James Burnet The Athenaeum, Glasgow 1886 Atlantic Chambers, Hope St, Glasgow 1899 Barony Hall, Glasgow: conversion 1990 Burtons store, Princes St, Edinburgh 1906-07 Charing Cross Mansions, Charing Cross, Glasgow 1889-91 Finlaystone House, Renfrewshire 1900 Tron Theatre: screen, Glasgow - Trustee Savings Bank, Glasgow 1894-1900 William Chambers Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Edinburgh Charles Cockerell (English architect) National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh James Craig (1744-95) Edinburgh New Town Masterplan Archibald Elliot + James Smith Royal Bank of Scotland & Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow James Gibbs Radcliffe Camera, Oxford St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London St Mary-le-Strand, London St Nicholas Kirk - west church, Aberdeen Senate House, Cambridge Gillespie Kidd & Coia GK&C Projects David Hamilton Falkirk Steeple, Stirlingshire Hutcheson's Hospital, Glasgow Royal Bank of Scotland & Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow Stirling Library, Stirlingshire John Hamilton Barnclouth, Lanarks. Thomas Hamilton Ayr Town Hall, Ayrshire Royal High School, Edinburgh Burns Monument, Edinburgh No.9 Queen St: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh Dean Orphanage (now Dean Gallery), 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh George Meikle Kemp (1795-1844) Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh William Kininmonth (1904-88) Kininmonth worked for Edwin Lutyens, later with Basil Spence Adam House, Chambers Street: 1954 46a Dick Place, The Grange: 1933 Kininmonth & Spence 17 Essex Road: 1951 - private house Lismhor, 11 Easter Belmont Rd, Murrayfield / Ravelston: 1933/35 Kininmonth & Spence Holland House, first of Edinburgh University's Pollock Halls: 1959 Mary Erskine's School, Ravelston: 1966 6 St Andrew Square - Scottish Provident Building: 1961 Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul North British Distillery Company (NBDC) warehouse in Gorgie. Renfrew Municipal Airport Terminal Building, 1954 Edwin Lutyens (English architect) Grey Walls, Gullane, East Lothian Ferry Inn, Rosneath, By Helensburgh Alexander Beith Macdonald Peoples Palace Glasgow, 1894-98; refurbished in 1998 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Glasgow School of Art Hill House House for an Art Lover Rennie Mackintosh Projects James Marjoribanks MacLaren (1853-90) Fortingall, Perthshire Robert Matheson General Post Office Edinburgh Robert Matthew: Johnson-Marshall & Partners British Home Stores, Edinburgh David Hume Tower, Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh (link: no info on original building) Lothian Regional Council, Edinburgh Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh Wester Hailes Education Centre, Edinburgh James Miller Glasgow Royal Infirmary (link: no info on original building) Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire Sydney Mitchell (1856-1930) Well Court, Dean Village, Edinburgh 1883-86 3 Rothesay Terrace - alterations, Dean Village, Edinburgh Mercat Cross - restoration, Edinburgh 1885 Ramsay Garden - phase 2, Edinburgh Red Home building, former Royal Infirmary site, Edinburgh Robert Mylne(1633-1710) Caroline Park House, Edinburgh with James Smith (c.1645 - 1731), possible input from Sir William Bruce (1630 - 1710) J M Dick Peddie Standard Life Assurance, Edinburgh Frederick Thomas Pilkington Barclay Church, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh Viewforth, Inverkeithing, Fife James Playfair Dalkeith Palace minor additions (1786) William Playfair Dollar Academy, Dollar, Clackmannanshire Floors Castle, Roxburghshire Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Princes Street, Edinburgh National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh Dugald Stewart Monument, Edinburgh Edinburgh City Observatory, Calton Hill National Monument Edinburgh (Cockerell) Calton Hill Robert Reid West Register House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh David Rhind The Dome, Edinburgh Craigentinny Marbles, Edinburgh James Robert Rhind Dennistoun Library, Glasgow James Salmon(I & II + with JG Gillespie, Architect) The Hatrack, Glasgow: J Salmon II Corinthian Club, Glasgow: J Salmon I & J Burnet Former British Linen Company Bank, Govan: Salmon, Son & Gillespie George Gilbert Scott (English architect) University of Glasgow Building St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (photo above) McManus Galleries, Dundee Archibald Simpson Marischal College, Aberdeen Aberdeen Royal Infirmary St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Aberdeen Aberdeen Music Hall Athenaeum, Aberdeen North of Scotland Bank building, Aberdeen Established Church, Elgin Mansion House of Newe, Strathdon Duchess of Gordon's Schools, Huntly James Smith Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Midlothian Basil Spence (1907-76) Beehive building, Wellington British Embassy Rome, Italy Canongate Housing, Edinburgh Department of Natural Philosophy Glasgow Edinburgh University campus : University Library Glasgow Infirmary Great Michael Rise, Newhaven, Edinburgh Gribloch, Kippen, Stirling Lismhor House, Edinburgh Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow Southside Garage, Edinburgh St Andrew Square building, Edinburgh Animal Breeding Research Headquarters, Kings' Buildings, Edinburgh Thomas Tait St Andrew's House, Edinburgh Hawkhead Hospital, Paisley Thomas Telford Dunkeld, Perthshire Alexander Thomson Greek Thomson Projects William B Whitie Mitchell Library, Glasgow Scottish Architecture Scottish Architecture (World of Art Series) Miles Glendinning , Aonghus MacKechnie List Price: £8.95 Our Price: £7.16 Scotland Architecture Tour : Key Buildings Scottish House Architect Studios Scottish Castles

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