The Alexander Thomson Society is running an online exhibition where we invited artists, designers, society members, followers, anyone with an interest in Thomson, to create works inspired by Alexander Thomson or his work.

Across our Instagram, Twitter and web pages we will post an image, each of a various style and media, that has been completed to reflect on the vast influences of Alexander Thomson within both the professional and public fields. This collection of images will provide us with an extensive catalogue of Thomson-inspired drawings, creating a lasting memory of the many ways in which Thomson is incorporated into art and design today.

Each image will be posted below with a brief description of the piece and its creator.

Click on each image for a larger version.

(The Alexander Thomson Society)

‘Thomson Mandala’

(Elder and Cannon Architects)

‘St Vincent St United Presbyterian   Church: Doorway in West Elevation’

(Will Knight Drawings)

‘1:20 Scale Section Study of Entrance Steps at n.8 Great Western Terrace’

(@glasgowthrougharchitecture)

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(Page\Park Architects)

‘St Vincent Street & Caledonia Road Church Towers’

(Submitted by Christine Nicholson)

‘Pleione Alexander Greek Thomson – new orchid hybrid’

(Tektonika Architects Ltd)

‘Thomson Cartoon’

(John McAslan + Partners)

‘Thomson Collage’

(Submitted by Marion Parola)

‘Sacred Parti’

(scotcities.com)

‘Ornamental Masonry designed by Alexander Thomson’

(Stallan-Brand)

‘Fear of Architecture’

(Adams Napier Partnership)

‘Revealed’

(Visual Artist)

‘Chimney Pots and Tiles: Strathbungo, Glasgow’

(The University of Strathclyde)

‘N. elevation of St. Vincent Street Church, composed using a Greek typeface’

(Architect)

‘New Thomson-inspired classical apartment block in Yokohama, Japan’

(John Gilbert Architects/ATS)

‘Egyptian Halls facade details’

(Ceramicist/Graphic Designer)

‘The Wrath of Alexander‘

(Glasgow School of Art)

‘Reflections of Holmwood – pages from  the sketchbook of Christopher Platt’

(Jewellery, textiles and print designer)

‘Squiggle & Meandros – Thomson-inspired 3D printed rings’

(Glasgow School of Art)

‘Thomson Archi-Tete’

(Painter/Illustrator)

‘Paper cups (West Nile Street illustration for Laboratorio Espresso)’

(Mackintosh School of Architecture)

‘Detail’

(Illustration, etc.)

‘‘Greek’ Glasgow Guild’

(Hooperhart)

‘Thomson collage’

(Holmes Miller Architects)

‘Caledonia Line’

(Bricking It Glasgow)

‘Lego Caledonia Road Church’

(Graphic Designer)

‘Adaptation’

(Glasgow School of Art/ATS)

‘Thomson kit-of-parts’

(Artist)

‘Child’s Eye View (No.1 Great Western Terrace) – Acrylic on Bristol Board’

(Holmes Miller Architects)

‘The metropolis of Alexander Thomson’

(John Gilbert Architects/ATS)

‘Column Unwrapped’

(JM Architects)

‘Thomson’

(Nebo Peklo)

‘Holmwood House, Timelapse video of a digital illustration’

‘Design development for Thomson’s monument’

(Andrew Fitzpatrick Art)

‘The Greek Thomson Terrace Glimpsed through the Trees (pencil and watercolour on Waterford paper) 22 by 30 inches approx’

‘Minecraft ‘Greek’ Thomson – A Minecraft recreation of Caledonian Road Church’

(Artist)

‘Bungo Lanes’

‘Lilybank House sketch, 26/1/2020’

(Artist)

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(SPAB Scotland)

‘Acanthus – Lino print onto recycled paper’

(Student)

‘Reproduction of Alexander Thomson’s South Elevation for Caledonia Road Church’

(UofG Chartered Building Surveyor – Conservation & Projects)

‘Holmwood flowering – taken from wallpaper being conserved in the dining room at Holmwood’

(Visual Artist)

‘Patterns of Holmwood (acrylic painting on canvas) 65cm square’

(McGinlayBell)

‘Thomson tour sketch studies: Form to fenestration to threshold’

(Byrne Atelier)

‘St. Vincent Street Detail, Sketch & Digital Collage’

(Architect)

‘Moray Place’

(Llewellyn Harker Lowe Architects)

‘Trying to get my head round the details of St Vincent Street Church’

(GCC/Teacher)

‘The Sixty Steps from Queen Margaret Road’

(Jewellery Designer)

‘Geometric Interlocking Yellow Gold Rings – Bespoke design; inspired by the Grecian motifs Thomson often incorporated into his architectural facades’

(Textile Artist)

‘Egyptian Halls – the original was sketched in thread, using free-motion embroidery’

(Architect / Runner)

‘Lockdown Long Run – Thomson Route’

(Illustrator / Fashion Designer)

‘Moray Place’

(Architect & Lecturer in Architecture, City of Glasgow College)

‘Oakfield Avenue Terrace, stone detail’

(Architect – SCHD ltd.)

‘A new mixed use design for an urban block in Glasgow’

(Artist)

‘St Vincent Street Church’

(Studio Rogier van den Brink)

‘Building study, Thomson-inspired’

(Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)

‘The coach house at Holmwood’

(Artist)

‘Alexander Greek Thomson’

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)

‘Holmwood in the Snow’

‘Thomson’

(Visual Artist)

‘Thomson Doorways (Part of ‘100 Doors Project’)’

‘Proposed New Railway Station at Strathbungo’

(Architecture Student)

‘Façade Study in Lego, Maria Villa’

(Riach Partnership)

‘Lockdown Wander: Holmwood House’

(University of Glasgow Dental Student)

‘St. Vincent Street Presbyterian Church completed in oil pastels’

(Artist)

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(Lawyer)

‘Thomson Portrait’

(Luthier – Oska Burman Guitars)

‘Greek Key Patterns’

(Visual Artist)

‘Thomson Doorways (Part of ‘100 Doors Project’)’

‘A Gorbals Story’ (copyright 1999)

(RDW Glass)

‘Anthemions used in stained glass designs -inspired by the palmette design found in much of Alexander Thomson’s work. A hybrid of “Glasgow Style” and Greek Thomson.’

(Architecture Student)

‘University project – proposal for the adaptive reuse of Caledonia Road Church’

(Steven McClure Art)

‘Sixty Steps’

(Artist)

‘Moving Pillars’

(Teacher)

‘Linocut: Thomson’s Door’

(Policy Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(Artist / Illustrator)

‘Grecian Chambers’

(Paper Artist and Illustrator)

‘Holmwood – a quick study’

(GCHT – Glasgow City Heritage Trust)

‘A Digital Study of Thomson’s Columns at St Vincent Street Church’

(Artist)

‘Holmwood’

(Artist / Illustrator)

‘St Vincent Street Church’

(Architecture Student / Illustrator)

‘Caledonia Road Church’

(Half Year Studio) 

‘Riso print inspired by a Thomson tenement’

(Architecture Student)

‘Moray Place’

(Artist)

‘Caledonia Road Church, Gorbals’

(Student)

‘Albert Monument’

‘Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church: Woodcut print’

(Architecture Student)

‘Thomson Spire’

(Architect)

‘Chimney’

(Screenprinter)

‘Diptych/Triptych’

(Architect)

Caledonia Road Church

(Legal Secretary / ATS Treasurer)

‘It is all Greek to me’

(Interior Designer)

‘Gorbals Glitch’

(Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)

‘St Vincent Street Church’

(Freelance Artist)

‘St Vincent Street Church’

(Architect and Illustrator)

‘Egyptian Halls’

If you would like to contribute a drawing to this project or have any questions regarding the ‘Takes on Thomson’ collection, please email info@alexanderthomsonsociety.org.uk