About the Book
Glasgow is one of the world’s most architecturally exciting cities — a Victorian city par excellence, adorned with opulent public buildings, mercantile palazzi, glittering art gal-leries and a Gothic Revival university, as well as the eccentric classicism of Alexander ‘Greek Thomson and the Art Nouveau of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In this book, architectural writer Robin Ward features 300 of the city’s most fascinating places and the stories they tell. Six tours cover the city’ architectural treasures and un-expected delights, from the medieval cathedral burgh to the city of the 21st century.
The Author
Robin Ward
Robin Ward is an Edinburgh-based architecture critic, writer and graphic designer who was born and raised in Glasgow. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and subsequently worked for the BBC in London, and in Canada, where he was architecture critic for the Vancouver Sun. He has written a number of architectural guidebooks, including Exploring Glasgow, and co-wrote Exploring Vancouver.
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