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Architecture of Scotland

09 June 2009
1906 – Post Office & Bank, Markinch, Fife, Scotland

1906 – Post Office & Bank, Markinch, Fife, Scotland

Architect: J.M. Scott

28 September 2010
1906 – Public Library, Glasgow, Scotland

1906 – Public Library, Glasgow, Scotland

Architect: Thomas Gibbon Front perspective views including ground floor plans as published in The Building News, March 16th 1906

30 December 2009
1906 – The Mitchell Library, Glasgow

1906 – The Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Architect: William B.Whitie The Mitchell Library was established with a bequest from Stephen Mitchell, a wealthy tobacco manufacturer, whose company, Stephen Mitchell and Son, would become one of the constituent members of the...

02 September 2009
1907 – Burtons Department Store, Edinburgh

1907 – Burtons Department Store, Edinburgh

Architect: Sir John James Burnet Scotland’s first steel framed building, this is a fine corner building originally built as a department store for Burtons. It is now still in use but subdivided.

16 June 2009
1909 – Glasgow School of Art

1909 – Glasgow School of Art

Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh The Glasgow School of Art campus is spread across 10 buildings, most of which are situated on Renfew Street in Garnethill. The Mackintosh Building, or ‘the Mac’ as it...

09 June 2009
1910 – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh

1910 – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Architect: James Stockdale Harrison

02 September 2009
1956 – National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

1956 – National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

Architect: Reginald Fairlie Located on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh is the main building of the National Library of Scotland, Scotland’s only copyright deposit library. A pre-war design, the foundations were laid and...

25 June 2009
1961 – Scottish Provident Building, Edinburgh

1961 – Scottish Provident Building, Edinburgh

Architect: Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul A fine office block on St Andrews Square with office accommodation defined as the horizontal elements and a vertical services tower. Despite being over forty years old,...

16 June 2009
1997 – SECC Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow

1997 – SECC Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow

Architects: Foster + Partners Designed by award-winning architect Sir Norman Foster under a very-tight budget and often called “the armadillo” by Glaswegians, this 3,000 seater building was completed in 1997. The Glasgow SECC...