#sculpture — Modernist Delights

Hillhead Library, Glasgow, 2025

A concrete library building with tall narrow windows and a central entrance. Several people walk on the pavement in front, and a traffic light stands to the left. The sky is partly cloudy. Signs next to the entrance read “Library and Learning Centre.”.

Featuring a “large decorative concrete cantilevered canopy of abstract cubist motifs,” according to the listing documents.

‘1840-1990‘ by Lucy Baird, Glasgow, 2025

A large, abstract metal sculpture is mounted vertically on a concrete building façade. The sculpture consists of curved and angular metallic shapes, creating a geometric design. Windows and a tree are visible nearby under a partly cloudy sky.

Stainless steel sculpture commemorating the 150th anniversary of the University of Glasgow’s Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, affixed to the south-east elevation of the Rankine Building.

‘The Progress of Science’ by Eric Kennington, Glasgow, 2025

A tall stone relief sculpture on a building depicts abstract and figurative scenes: workers on rooftops, a staircase with a figure holding an object, trees, seated figures, clouds, smoke, and industrial elements, all richly detailed in geometric, stylised forms.

Panel on the south elevation of the James Watt South Building.