Next week, I’m giving the Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture at The Glasgow Academy on ‘Hugh and David Barclay and the Golden Summer of Glasgow’s Architecture‘. If you are unfamiliar with their work check out these #Glasgow classics 👀😮🤩🥰! Want to come along👇?
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#MomentsOfBeauty in #Glasgow : It’s rare to see Glasgow Central’s magnificent wrought iron gates closed in daylight. They have an organic quality which makes me think they would be the kind of things Tolkien’s Elves at Rivendell would have forged. Perfect for #IronworkThursday 🥰!

#MomentsOfBeauty in #Glasgow : this neoclassical doorcase at 3 Kelvingrove Street with console brackets incorporating sculpted masks of Kings, to protect the entrance to what is now the Crescent bar in Finnieston, is most likely by the mid-Victorian architect Charles Wilson 🥰!

If people enjoy my #MomentsOfBeauty in #Glasgow tweets then you may also enjoy this wee walk around the city centre I did with Linda Sinclair for BBC Radio Scotland’s Out of Doors programme on Saturday. You can hear our chat between 0:43:45 and 0:53:00👂👇😊!
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#PlanningStuff in #Glasgow : our climate is getting wetter which is why we get localised flooding in places like Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s Walmer Crescent 👀👇! This is why we should look at replacing hard surfaces with rain gardens which will help slow rainwater run off…🤔

#MomentsOfBeauty in #Glasgow : The last few days have been a bit depressing so by contrast it’s a bit of a tonic to see the transformation of the vacant Dobbie’s Warehouse on Glassford Street - a #Glasgow Style gem - into the new House of Gods hotel, opening on Friday 12 April 🥰!

Have to admire the bravery of the demolition contractors assessing the condition of India Buildings on Bridge Street in #Glasgow . With the buddleja gone you can see how the roof has collapsed and pushed out the wallhead over the top right window. It’s all pretty treacherous 😬😢!