Table of Contents:
  • On discovering 'Greek' Thomson / John Summerson
  • In search of purity : Glasgow 1849-56 / Charles McKean
  • The development of Thomson's style : the Scottish background / David M. Walker
  • 'Greek' Thomson's literary and pictorial sources / James Macaulay
  • Thomson's architectural theory / Sam McKinstry
  • Thomson and Schleiermacher / Sam McKinstry and Jane Plenderleith
  • Thomson, Mossman and architectural sculpture / Alexander Stoddart
  • Thomson's city / John McKean
  • Exploring the wall : the urban façades of Alexander Thomson / Mark Baines
  • Alexander Thomson and the Glasgow improvement scheme / Brian Edwards
  • Domestic interiors / Ian Gow
  • Alexander Thomson's furniture / Juliet Kinchin
  • Alexander Thomson, Daniel Cottier and the interior of Queen's Park Church / Sally Joyce Rush
  • The German connection / David Watkin
  • An American forerunner? Minard Lafever and Alexander Thomson / Andor Gomme and Gavin Stamp
  • Frontiers of the West
  • Glasgow and Chicago : the pioneering architectures of Thomson, Mackintosh and Wright / Andrew MacMillan
  • A view from the bay window / Gavin Stamp.