Tag: architecture

  • Baggage Hall, Madrid Airport

  • Kilmacthomas viaduct

    Kilmacthomas viaduct

    An elegantly-composed railway viaduct, built to designs prepared by James Otway (1843 – 1906) by Smith Finlaysaon and Company, Glasgow, which forms an imposing landmark in the centre of Kilmacthomas. The construction in squared rubble limestone attests to high quality stone masonry, and produces an appealing textured visual effect in the landscape. The viaduct is…

  • University of Glasgow

    University of Glasgow

        In 1870, the Univeristy of Glasgow moved to Gilmorehill. The new-build campus was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic revival style. Gilmorehill inspired the design of the Clocktower complex of buildings for the new University of Otago in New Zealand. Scott’s building is structured upon what was then a cutting-edge…