glasgow's landmarks audio tour map and info
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Inside stories of great Glasgow buildings reveal changing fortunes of a dynamic city. Welcome to Glasgow’s Landmarks Tour, brought to you by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in collaboration with Walking Heads. This audio tour will take you inside eight of Glasgow’s most intriguing landmarks. From Glasgow Cathedral up to the Necropolis, from The Glasgow School of Art down to The Clydeport – this is a journey through changing times and shifting fortunes; history recorded in stone and steel, mahogany and (almost literally) miles of marble. At each stop we meet experts who bring the buildings to life, describing the grand visions and meticulous attention to detail which are the essence of all great architecture. We’ve suggested an order to explore the buildings but feel free to take the tour at your own pace in whatever order suits you best. Glasgow’s Landmarks Tour complements Doors Open Day which takes place in September every year. See www.glasgowdoorsopenday.com.TRANSCRIPT
Glasgow Building Preservation Trust and Walking Heads have created a virtual tour to help you embark on a journey of architectural discovery. The free audio tour will give you an insight into eight historic and very different buildings: from Glasgow School of Art to Clydeport, from Glasgow Cathedral to the Glasgow Necropolis. At each stopping point experts
describe the buildings, explain the architectural heritage and tell stories about the people who designed, built, lived or worked in them. You don’t have to follow a route, just pick out points on the map, and when you reach your destination press play.
The Glasgow’s Landmarks Tour features contributions from Gordon Urquhart (Glasgow City Heritage Trust), Ranald MacInnes (Historic Scotland), Ruth Johnston (Friends of Glasgow Necropolis), Liz Davidson (Glasgow City Council, City Design), Niall Murphy (Freelance Architect), Fiona Sinclair (Glasgow Institute of Architects), Mark Bains (Mackintosh School of
Architecture) and Neil Baxter (The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland).
You can download the tour for an MP3 player or if you have an iPhone or Android device download the tour through the Guidigo app (available in the App Store and Google Play). Download from glasgowdoorsopenday.com/glasgowlandmarks or walkingheads.net/glasgowslandmarks.
Produced for Glasgow Building Preservation Trust by Walking Heads. © 2014 Glasgow Building Preservation Trust unless otherwise indicated. Photo by Nick Quinn.
Glasgow’s Landmarks Audio Tour
