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  Lambhill Stables on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow. This was one of a number stables built to the same classical design (similar to that used for Canal House at Speirs Wharf) along the canal in the early 1800s. These provided fresh horses at regular intervals for Swifts (fast passenger boats travelling the length of the canal). Other similar stables can be found at Shirva, Crainmarloch and Easter Cadder near Kirkintilloch. #glasgow #lambhill #architecture #forthandclydecanal

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  This is another of my new calendars for 2027, and it shows the variety of designs used for Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. If you're interested, you can purchase it from my website at: https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/. #glasgow #architecture #tenement #calendar #2027calendar

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  The entrance to Graham House in the Jordanhill area of Glasgow. It was built in 1917 as a student residence for the Jordanhill Teacher Training College. It has recently been converted into flats. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #jordanhill #jordanhillcollege

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  The Rocket Man at Lambhill Stables in the north of Glasgow. It was creates from scrap metal by Steve Keniry and Billy Lafferty. It's made from 7 gas bottles, 6 beer barrels, 1 compressor tank and several kilos of stainless and mila steel. #glasgow #lambhillstables #sculpture #streetart #publicart

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  The former Kelvinside Parish Church on the corner of Great Western Road and Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by J.J Stevenson, built in the 1860s, it's now a bar, restaurant and entertainment venue. #glasgow #byresroad #architecture #architecturephotography #church

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  The ornate rooftops of Victorian buildings on St Vincent Street in Glasgow. #glasgow #architecture #stvincentstreet #architecturephotography

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  The Craigallian Fire Memorial on outskirts of Glasgow. This marks the location of a meeting point for those travelling between the city and the mountains to the north. From around the start of the 1920s until the outbreak of World War II, it's said a fire was continually kept burning here by the steady stream of young and old, students and workers who explored Scotland and fought for the right to roam across its wild places unhindered. Cont./ #glasgow #craigallianfire #hillwalking #...

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  The rather wonderful 1850s curving terrace of French Renaissance style townhouses overlooking Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, looking particularly nice in today's autumn sunshine. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #kelvingrovepark #parkdistrict

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  Love the rather striking design of this tiled tenement close in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. #glasgow #tenement #tiles #architecture #govanhill

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  The Finnieston Crane in Glasgow at sunset this evening. This 53 metre tall titan was constructed in 1928 to lift Glasgow-built steam locomotives into the holds of ships to be transported all over the world. #glasgow #architecture #crane #sunset #glasgowtoday #glasgowatnight #nightphotography

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  Looking across to Beinn Luibhean, Beinn Ìme, Beinn Narnain and the Cobbler from Ben Donich, all in the Arrochar Alps. Just one hour from Glasgow, and accessible by public transport, having wild places like this on your doorstep is one on the major benefits of living in Glasgow. #glasgow #arrocharalps #hillwalking #scotland #landscapephotography

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  Glasgow's looking great at the moment, all decked out as it is in its autumn colours. #glasgow #autumn #glasgowuniversity #kelvingrovepark #glasgowtoday

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  The Scots Baronial style former police station on Allison Place in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. Designed by Alexander Beith McDonald, it was built in 1896. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #govanhill #scotsbaronial

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  This morning on Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow, with the surviving crown spire of Strathbungo Parish Church rising above the surrounding tenements #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #strathbungo #church

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  I love how clear the skies are in Glasgow at this time of year. From Queen's Park this morning, you could see all the way from the nearby autumn trees across the city, out to the Campsie Fells and then on up to Ben More and Stob Binnein, close to Crianlarich more than 40 miles away. #glasgow #queenspark #glasgowtoday #autumn

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  Yesderday's sunrise behind the Squinty Bridge in Glasgow reflected in the glass wall of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay building. #glasgow #sunrise #reflection #squintybridge #bbcscotland

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  The domed corner of an early 1900s commercial building on the corner of Trongate and Albion Street in Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands, it was built for the City Improvement Trust. #glasgow #trongate #architecture #architecturephotography

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  I'm happy to say my collection of 2027 calendars is now available. You can buy them online here (and we can ship to most places in the world): https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/. They'll also be available at my pop-up stall in the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow this Saturday (26th September), and at a few other markets I'll be doing over the next couple of months. There's also a seventh one that's not shown here, and which features ghost signs from aroun...

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  This is a rather gorgeous red sandstone Glasgow Style tenement the corner of Govan Road and Shaw Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Frank Burnet and Boston, and was built in 1900. #glasgow #architecture #tenement #glasgowstyle #glasgowtenement #govan #architecturephotography

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  One of the four rather beautiful golden elephant heads in the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. They were originally part of the auditorium of the neighbouring Palace Theatre which was designed in an Indian style by Bertie Crewe (one of the UK's leading theatre architects who also designed the city's Pavilion Theatre) in 1904. Cont./ #glasgow #citizenstheatre #architecture #elephant #bertiecrewe

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  The former National Bank of Scotland building on the corner of Trongate and Glassford Street in Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was designed by Thomas P. Marwick in a Renaissance style. #glasgow #architecture #trongate #architecturephotography

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  I recently posted a shot of the huge and imposing marble staircase from the City Chambers in Glasgow, but it's only one of the amazing bits of interior decoration in the building. This is another: the 100 foot long Faience Corridor, where every inch of its walls and domed ceilings are adorned with glazed decorative ceramic tiles. #glasgow #design #ceramics #architecture #architecturephotography

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  The mornings might be getting darker as we head into the heart of autumn, but it does mean my first dog walk of the day now coincides with the dawn chorus, so it's accompanied by bird song, produced by the likes of this little robin perched on a road sign. #glasgow #autumn #urbanwildlife #robin #birdsong

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  One of the staircases in the City Chambers in Glasgow. Designed by William Young and built in the 1880s, its lavish internal decorations have to be seen to be believed. Luckily, they run regular tours so you can take a peek inside. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowcitychambers

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  Living in Glasgow can sometimes have its challenges, especially at this time of year when the weather can be rather wet and the nights are drawing in, but then you come across something like this on Park Drive in the Woodlands area of the city and you're reminded why you'd never want to live anywhere else! #glasgow #keepglasgowweird #streetart #banana #peoplemakeglasgow

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  An lone sandstone gate post standing on its own in the middle of a wooded area on the top of a hill in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow (as always, spaniel added for scale). I presume this is one of the few surviving remnants of Bellahouston House which once occupied the site. Cont./ #glasgow #bellahoustonpark #glasgowhistory #dog

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  I always love it when I get the chance to check out these rather gorgeous tenement tiles on Victoria Road on the Southside of Glasgow. #glasgow #tiles #tenement #architecture #victoriaroad

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  A former Salvation Army Hall in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow in this morning's sunshine. Designed by John Hamilton and built in 1927, this is a rather wonderful building with a very distinctive roof line, which reminds me of a fractal. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #bridgeton #fractal

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  Love the curvaceous shape of this finial on Bridgeton Cross Mansions in the East End of Glasgow. Built in 1896 from a design by John Cunningham. #glasgow #architecture #tenement #bridgeton #architecturephotography

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  It's the last chance to see Maggie's Art Trail Scotties, both large and small, this weekend at the Bridgeton Bus Garage in the East End of Glasgow. Unfortunately, the event is already sold out, so if you don't already have a ticket, I'm afraid you're out of luck. #glasgow #scottiesinthecity #bridgetonbusgarage