Description
Fragments of Glasgow documents key buildings from Glasgow’s rich architectural heritage through a snapshot of photographs accompanied by simple historical descriptions. Buildings have been selected predominantly from the Victorian Era when the city was experiencing rapid urban growth. This wealth and prosperity provided Glasgow architects unprecedented opportunities to innovate with new techniques and collaborate with talented local craftsmen using the finest quality building materials.
This book celebrates some of the impressive conservation, creativity, and investment undertaken to repurpose these architectural treasures and weave these historical fragments into the urban fabric of the post-industrial 21st Century Glasgow. Colour photos reveal the beauty of the refreshed stonework and highlight the dramatic turnaround in opinion from the 1960s and 1970s destruction of the city’s fabric to an appreciation of these imaginatively repurposed buildings.
Written and produced by a Glasgow born architect, this book may appeal to those who may have a historical connection with the city and those who may have strolled around Glasgow without looking up.
