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.
Glasgow Science Centre
photo © Keith Hunter, from BDP Architects
Ten Key Glasgow buildings, chronological:
1. St Vincent Street Church
1859
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson
photo © adrian welch
St
Vincent Street Church
2. Central Station
1879
Blyth & Cunningham; Rowand Anderson
photo © adrian welch
Central
Station Glasgow
3. Glasgow School of Art
1896
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect
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
Homes
for the Future
8. Glasgow Science Centre
1999
Richard Horden Architects; BDP Architects
Glasgow
Science Centre
9. Radisson SAS Hotel
2003
gm+ad architects
picture © andrew lee
Glasgow
Radisson
10. Glasgow Transport Museum
2005-
Zaha Hadid Architects
Glasgow
Transport Museum
Homes for the Future
Andrew Lee © Mckeown Alexander Architects
Glasgow
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Key Public Spaces in the city - Glasgow Squares
& Parks:
Buchanan
Street
George
Square
Glasgow
Lighthouse
photo by David Churchill, from Page / Park Architects
SECC
Arena
image from Foster + Partners
Other major Glasgow buildings, 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
Andrew Lee
Glasgow
Fort
Buchanan
Galleries
2014
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow
Imax
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