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The city is notable for architecture designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928). Mackintosh was an architect and designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and the main exponent of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom, designing Glasgow buildings such as the Glasgow School of Art, Willow Tearooms and the Scotland Street School.
Skyline of Hillhead, Glasgow as seen from Garnethill. The towers of Trinity College and Glasgow University are visible. This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1]
The Lighthouse in Glasgow is Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture. It was opened as part of Glasgow's status as the UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999. The Lighthouse is the renamed conversion of the former offices of the Glasgow Herald newspaper. Completed in 1895, it was designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. [1]
Art Nouveau architecture in Glasgow (9 P) B. Bridges in Glasgow (28 P) C. Castles in Glasgow (6 P) ... Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Glasgow"
As a result, Glasgow has a heritage of Victorian architecture: the Glasgow City Chambers; the main building of the University of Glasgow, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott; and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, designed by Sir John W. Simpson, are notable examples.
The Strathclyde School of Architecture (colloqually known as the Architecture Building, but now officially called the Mary Dunn Wing), is an academic building in Glasgow, Scotland and part of the University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Campus.
The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889. It is located on the eastern side of the city's George Square. It is a Category A listed building. [1]
John Baird (1799– 18 December 1859) was a Glasgow architect of the 19th century, also called John Baird Primus [1] by Thomas Gildard (from the book An Old Glasgow Architect on some Older Ones) in order for people to be able distinguish him from a second John Baird (1816-93).