The Apostles, St. Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu. Currently, 6 of the 12 are featured. I could only find the names of 4, Andrew, Peter, John & James. If you know the other two, please let me know.
Some magnificent Classical detailing on the top of the entrance to the former Hillhead High School on Cecil Street in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Hugh and David Barclay, it was built in 1883, and is a reminder that at this point the area fell under the control of the Govan Parish School Board
I love this hinge on D.B. Dobson's Art Nouveau masterpiece at 50 Darnley Street in Glasgow. At first it looks unexpectedly plain in comparison to the rest of the building, and then it hits you - it's a snake!
Part of the Brutalist Anderston Centre in Glasgow. Designed by Richard Seifert, it was an early example of the megastructure style of urban renewal popular in the 1950s and 60s. While it opened in 1972, it was never completed. It's size and design turned out to be problematic with its many walkways proving difficult to police. By the 1990s, much of it was partially derelict and several parts have since been demolished.
Glasgow Past and Present: The tower of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Caledonia Road Church overlooking a modern housing development in the Gorbals area of the city.
How one of the most famous architects in the world treats urban space – Chipperfield‘s Kunsthaus Zürich. This whole generation of stone-loving neo-classic architects is a disaster for urban development in times of climate crisis. #architecture#climatechange#urbanism#museum
The lodge at the gateway to Maxwell Park on the Southside of Glasgow. Designed by H.E. Clifford, it was built in 1890, along with the neighbouring Pollokshields Burgh Hall.
The derelict remnants of Fairfield Farm Cottage in Govan. The farm was purchased in Isabella Elder in the 1880s and turned into Elder Park for the people of Govan. The cottage, which dates from the early 19th Century, was originally used as an amenity for the park. One of the few former farm buildings left in Glasgow, it's B-Listed, but now lies abandoned, fenced off and decaying.
Here's another rather unusual Glasgow building, this time in Summerston. Like many others, it has a corner tower, but it seems to have been specifically designed to look like a ruin at the top (the neighbouring terrace has exactly the same look to its corner tower!).
It's great to see the scaffolding is finally off the Elder Park Library in the Govan area of Glasgow, and apparently it's scheduled to soon re-open. Designed in an Edwardian Baroque style by J.J. Burnet, it was built in 1902 with funding from Isabella Elder. It was opened by the Scottish-American Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie, who himself was no stranger to funding the construction of new libraries.
Details of the relief sculptures at the top of the 'Tower of the Winds' of the former Prince's Dock Hydraulic Pumping Station in Glasgow. Believe it or not, this isn't the only copy of this ancient Greek building in Glasgow. There'a another on the cupola the top of the old Athenaeum Theatre on Buchanan Street.
I love this unusual-looking tenement building on the corner of Holyrood Crescent and Napiershall Street in the north of Glasgow, especially the arches around the windows and doors.
Once in awhile, I realize how lucky I am to live in Chicago. There is an art student in some part of the world who would love to see this sculpture in person, but for whatever reason, won’t be able to make the trip. But I could theoretically see it every day. There are blessings like this is your life, too, if you know where (and how) to look.
A question to start today: Why is constructing the building on the left be VAT-free, while renovating the historic building on the right and converting it to a new purpose is not? To me, this is completely the wrong way round and such tax rules are undoubtedly contributing to what seems to be the rapidly-accelerating loss of our built heritage.
Just for a bit of background, the building on the right is the B-listed Hillhead Baptist Chuch in the West End of Glasgow which threatened with demolition by developers because they say it's not economically viable to save even its distinctive facade (mostly due to damage caused after they removed the roof and did nothig to it for several years).
Two-tone tenements on Clifford Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. Local legend has it this effect is due to the builders running out of one colour of sandstone and completing the building with another. However, it seems much more likely that this was a conscious design choice to use harder red sandstone on the ground flooor, where most wear was likely to occur, and the softer blonde sandstone above.
The same two-tone approach can be seen on many bank buildings constructed around the same time, where ultra hard-wearing granite was often used to face the ground floor walls.