Dan Steele Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, goliaph said: Guys, I have a very interesting question. Is it possible to build an industrial warehouse in a city? Not a suburb, not a village and not a field, but a city. It's a lot easier than building a city in a warehouse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: It's a lot easier than building a city in a warehouse. Possibly. But the Amazon warehouse at Halbeath looks big enough to accommodate Glebe Park (or Ainslie for that matter) so you could build a Brechin City or Edinburgh City in a warehouse (you'd need a skylight or a f*cking big u/v light to stop the hedge dying though) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 9 hours ago, goliaph said: Guys, I have a very interesting question. Is it possible to build an industrial warehouse in a city? Not a suburb, not a village and not a field, but a city. Here in Inverness we have lots of warehouses in the city centre. They are not too big but are full of stuff and include an area where members of the public can inspect the inventory and maybe purchase some of it. Also. We just call them "shops". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I love the Wellington Church on University Ave in Glasgow. Whenever I pass I often imagine myself up on it trying to pacify an angry mob...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Here’s a couple of my photos of Paisley Abbey and Town Hall. I could also easily add pics of Coates Memorial Church, the Observatory, Abbey Mill, Paisley Museum.... fabulous architecture all around my hometown - amongst the pound shops, KFCs and vape shops.... like so many Scottish towns, but that’s another debate. Anyway, on a nice day, a long walk around Paisley throws up fantastic buildings and hidden gems of cobbled streets and cottages right in the centre of town. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 10 hours ago, KingRocketman II said: I love the Wellington Church on University Ave in Glasgow. Whenever I pass I often imagine myself up on it trying to pacify an angry mob...... that deserves an appropriate Kenneth: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 24/11/2017 at 12:51, MacDuffman said: Spotted this today on Derelict Glasgow Facebook page http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/6424/Gorbals_tenement_survivor_to_be_brought_back_to_life.html It came along nicely. Good pics here: https://twitter.com/Naburn2/status/1171366966193508352/photo/3 and here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5azcO0ljJd/?igshid=1j3mz27p02gvw And... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, milton75 said: It came along nicely. Good pics here: https://twitter.com/Naburn2/status/1171366966193508352/photo/3 and here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5azcO0ljJd/?igshid=1j3mz27p02gvw And... What a stunning looking building. Luckily Glasgow City Council's fire raising department didn't get a hold of it before the refurb. How many of these wonderful old buildings were flattened? Really sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 27/07/2019 at 14:35, jagtastic said: Quite an interest in brutalist and modernism styles and I think the former BOAC office building on Buchanan Street is a cracking wee example in the context of where it sits within its surroundings. Love the copper cladding. What pisses me off about the BOAC building is that the interiors that they put in were largely looked after even after they closed down. I think it was Clydesdale Bank that were in there for years afterwards and they looked after it. The interior was never going to work for a shop, but the ceiling was a classic design of its time and the morons at All Saints ripped it all out when they took over the unit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 28 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: What a stunning looking building. Luckily Glasgow City Council's fire raising department didn't get a hold of it before the refurb. How many of these wonderful old buildings were flattened? Really sad. It's already been suggested but aye - a "Lost Buildings" thread would be a good, albeit depressing, idea. For the West coast there's plenty of good stuff on Lost Glasgow, Hidden Glasgow etc. And SSC has stuff on Edinburgh and Glasgow. I'd like to see some of the Dundee stuff. I bet it had a lot of good buildings that were lost in the 20th Century. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, milton75 said: It's already been suggested but aye - a "Lost Buildings" thread would be a good, albeit depressing, idea. For the West coast there's plenty of good stuff on Lost Glasgow, Hidden Glasgow etc. And SSC has stuff on Edinburgh and Glasgow. I'd like to see some of the Dundee stuff. I bet it had a lot of good buildings that were lost in the 20th Century. Lost buildings - Renfrew Airport. I mean, just look at it, a work of art. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, milton75 said: It's already been suggested but aye - a "Lost Buildings" thread would be a good, albeit depressing, idea. For the West coast there's plenty of good stuff on Lost Glasgow, Hidden Glasgow etc. And SSC has stuff on Edinburgh and Glasgow. I'd like to see some of the Dundee stuff. I bet it had a lot of good buildings that were lost in the 20th Century. @74frankfurt on Twitter is decent for old photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: @74frankfurt on Twitter is decent for old photos. Aye, following that one. @OssianLore is also great, but hasn't tweeted so much recently. Hoping he kicks on again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Shout out to Linksview House, always a good feeling walking up those steps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Looking through some of these lovely contributions reminds me that: 1. While Perth (my home town) is a nice place, we are struggling for proper block busters building wise. Couple of nice churches, St Johns and St Leonards, and the new Horsecross and Concert Hall aren't for everyone but a bit interesting at least. There's a couple of disused and semi-derelict old buildings that could be great assets for the city but the less said about that the better. 2. How many less well thought-of places (in Perth anyway) have some absolute belters, Paisley and Kilmarnock specifically from looking through the thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaa Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I've always liked these two buildings in Dundee, Dudhope Castle and the old Dundee Royal Infirmary 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I'd like to add to the love for the Dick Institute i Kilmarnock. I actually spent a year working there (as a YTS) while re-sitting my Maths Higher to get the grade required for York Uni. I had to transfer thousands of Magic Lantern slides to 35mm, process them as transparencies, then place them in modern mounts. As it was a YTS post, material wastage ws expected to be sky high. As I'd been doing my own developing and processing since I was ten, material wastage was less than zero - I knew how far you could "stretch" the chemicals. Never paid a penny for film or chemicals for a couple of years after that stint - caned the account at Hector McDonalds while I could. Other highlights of my time there were shagging two of the Saturday girls from the Library, getting to read any new books I fancied before the public got hold of them, and unfettered access to the museum storerooms. See the smell of the varnished floors when the sun battered through the dome? Proust can keep his Madeleines - that's the most evocative smell I know of. This is more or less the colour it was in my time. Happy days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSP Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Glasgow has lots of stunning buildings, particularly in the City Centre, that for most of my years I never noticed as I didn't look up. My career took me into an area that involved looking at architecture, and luckily it helped me realise how many amazing buildings were around me. I really like the Stock Exchange Court in Nelson Mandela Place: There's a ton of buildings around the back of the City Chambers that are really nice, but never really get noticed much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I'd like to add to the love for the Dick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, FoxWaves said: It's fascinating to think that some of these gorgeous buildings were constructed long before the kinds of technology and materials we have available today. Still, whether you're renovating a classic structure or starting from scratch, the quality of your building materials is crucial. We've got that covered fannybaws! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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