Love the inscribed nameplate on the 1904 Argyll Chambers on Argyll Chambers above the Buchanan Street entrance to the Argyll Arcade in Glasgow. At one time, this was home to Stuart Cranston's Tearoom. The brother of the more famous Catherine Cranston, the Queen of the Glasgow tearoom scene, Stuart, a tea dealer by trade, created what is thought to have been the world's first tearoom at this location in 1875.
William Stark's 1807 St George's Tron Church as seen from West George Street in Glasgow.
I love this old brick building hidden away on Springfield Court behind the granduer of Buchanan Street in central Glasgow.
I love these roundels, representing key elements of the drivers of the city's wealth, on the Glasgow Stock Exchange building on Buchanan Street. Dating from the 1870s, I've always found it interesting that Arts, Science and possibly Engineering are all depicted as female figures, while only building and mining are represented by male ones.
The former Wylie Hill Department Store on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Built in 1889, it was designed in an Italian Renaissance style by John Hutchison, assisted by Andrew Black and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
One of the best things about Glasgow's traditional architecture is the variety of styles you can see in a very small area, and yet they still manage to form a united and uniquely Glaswegian streetscape. On this short stretch of Buchanan Street in the city centre alone you have Italianate Palazzo (1840s), Venetian Gothic (from the 1870s), Classical Georgian (1807), Edwardian Baroque (early 1900s) and Free Renaissance (1890s).
84 Buchanan Street in Glasgow. This is part of a group of Classical commercial buildings constructed around 1835 and designed by Robert Foote, the first architectural mentor of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson. The ghost sign on it is for the bookbinding and printing firm McCormick and Company, which was founded by John McCormick in 1890 and survived until 2011.
The former National Bank Chambers on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Designed by J.M. Peddie, it was built in 1898.
Love this gable on the Flemish style former Cranton Tea Room on Buchanan Street in Glasgow, especially the sinuous fish on the city's coat of arms. Built in 1896, it was designed by George Washington Browne.
The distinctive Flemish style former Miss Cranston's Buchanan Street Tea Room in central Glasgow. It was designed by George Washington Browne and was built in 1896.
I love this tall, skinny building at 60 Buchanan Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Robert Thomson and Andrew Wilson in the Free syle and was built in the 1890s as offices for the North British Rubber Company.
The former Burton's Menswear store on the corner of Argyle Street and Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Built in 1929, it was designed by Harry Wilson in Burton's impressive and in-house 'Modern Temples of Commerce' Art Deco style.
The impressive and imposing Free Classical style former Campbell, Stewart and McDonalds warehouse on the corner of Buchanan Street and Argyle Street in central Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was designed by Horatio K. Bromhead.
An ornate figurative column capital on John Burnet's 1870s Glasgow Stock Exchange building on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. These are thought to have been created by John Mossman.
Rowan House on Buchanan Street in Central Glasgow. Originally built as a four storey building in the 1830s, a fifth storey and attic were added in the 1880s, while the current ground floor and entrance date from the 1950s.
As well as seeing the Christmas lights in George Square yesterday, we also did a spot of carol singing outside the Royal Concert Hall on Buchanan Street. My favourote song - We FISH You A Merry Christmas! 
Argyll Chambers on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Designed by Colin Menzies in a Edwardian Baroque style, it was built in 1904. As well as containing the entrance to the Argyll Arcade, which opened on 1828, this was also home to a tearoom owned by Stuart Cranston. The brother of Kate Cranston, Glasgow's most famous tearoom entrepenuer, Stuart was the one who created the tearoom concept in the early 1870s.
I love this tall, skinny building at 60 Buchanan Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Robert Thomson and Andrew Wilson in the Free syle and was built in the 1890s as offices for the North British Rubber Company.
The former George Hotel on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Designed by Niel Duff and built in 1907, I love the way a recessed bow window is used to turn the building round the street's slight corner.
In its day, the George Hotel played host to the likes of Stan Laurel, Cary Grant (when he was still Archie Leach) and Joan Crawford.
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The former Royal Insurance Building on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Built in 1897, it was deaigned by Thomson and Sandilands in a Free Renaissance style.
