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Templeton Carpet Factory
Glasgow, Scotland.
In the late 19th century, the owners of the site wanted to build a factory there but the Victorian city council kept rejecting their design proposals.
So they recruited a top architect, William Leiper. He came up with a proposal, modelled on the Doge's Palace in Venice, which was built in 1892 in polychromatic brick - orange, yellow, blue, with turrets and arched and circular windows.
It is no longer a carpet factory - it has become a business centre instead.
Templeton Carpet Factory
Glasgow, Scotland.
In the late 19th century, the owners of the site wanted to build a factory there but the Victorian city council kept rejecting their design proposals.
So they recruited a top architect, William Leiper. He came up with a proposal, modelled on the Doge's Palace in Venice, which was built in 1892 in polychromatic brick - orange, yellow, blue, with turrets and arched and circular windows.
It is no longer a carpet factory - it has become a business centre instead.