Sunday, July 05, 2009

scottish castles





scottish castles...but which is which? culzean...taymouth...blair...and of course menzies

st peter's seminary cardross






st peter's seminary cardross near glasgow...the masterpiece of glasgow architects gillespie kidd and coia...a homage to le corbusier...abandoned after only fourteen years and a stunning ruin...perhaps the finest extant ruin of the modern movement in scotland? europe? the world?

glasgow university





glasgow...one of scotland's ancient universities

Friday, June 26, 2009

glasgow waterfront...to glasgow city centre





glasgow waterfront from the bbc to the city centre...regeneration

Thursday, June 25, 2009

mount stuart bute





the marquis of bute's megalomaniac gothic revival house and estate at mount stuart near rothesay...an elegant new visitor centre and resting container ships at the bottom of the garden

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

rothesay harbour...






...and its world class victorian lavatories a remarkable heritage bargain at 20p

rothesay waterfront






rothesay on the isle of bute...the waterfront...a place whose time must be coming once again

calmac...the rothesay ferry





calmac...the wemyss bay to rothesay ferry on a perfect day

wemyss bay




wemyss bay...unspoiled railway station and its ferry terminal is a gateway to the clyde

Monday, June 22, 2009

clydebank's titan






a magnificent memorial to clydebank's shipbuilding...the mighty titan crane towers over the reclaimed site of what was john brown's shipyard on the clyde

Sunday, June 21, 2009

glasgow west end festival






glasgow west end festival...something for everyone

glasgow schoolof art






charles rennie mackintosh's sublime masterpiece...glasgow school of art

Friday, June 19, 2009

yellow orange and green in the northern quarter





another rainbow day in the northern quarter