Rowand Anderson Architect Scotland, Edinburgh buildings images, Architecture photos, Scottish architectural history
Rowand Anderson Edinburgh Architect
Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Architecture Resource
post updated 7 May 2025
Dates: 1834 – 1921
Robert was born in Edinburgh, southeast Scotland, UK. This Scottish 19th century architect was knighted in 1902.
Sir Robert Rowand Anderson
Robert Rowand Anderson was Scotland’s leading architect at the end of the 19th century: his architecture was eclectic, ranging from Classical to Scottish Gothic and Scots Baronial.
Key buildings by Robert Rowand Anderson include:
Old College dome, Edinburgh University, Old Town
Date built: 1879
Dome by this architect – photo © Adrian Welch
, Edinburgh, south of the city centre
Date built: 1897
building photo © Adrian Welch
McEwan Hall
Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Old Town
Date built: –
National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh New Town
Date built: 1895
building photo © Adrian Welch
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Central Hotel, central Glagsow
Design: Rowand Anderson 1879; James Miller 1901-6
building image © Adrian Welch
Central Hotel Glasgow
St Augustine’s Church, Coatbridge, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date built: 1873
Grade A listed
Before setting up his own practice worked for Sir William Kininmonth (1904-88) at the architecture practice of Rowand Anderson & Paul.
Old College of Edinburgh University Court, 1789-, was by Robert Adam and later William Playfair, but the famous Dome, built in 1879, was by Rowand Anderson. It remains a distinctive landmark in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The architectural design has beautiful proportions and style.
He was the winner of the RIBA Gold Medal in 1916.
The RIAS Convention 2005 was held in two Glasgow buildings by this Scottish architect in Govan, southwest of the city centre, in the old docklands area south of the River Clyde.
McEwan Hall building, Bristo Square, Edinburgh University:
building photograph © Adrian Welch
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Trinity Academy Edinburgh secondary school
Rowanbank Gardens, Corstorphine, west of the city centre
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Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Canongate, Old Town
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