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Glasgow School of Art, Rennie Mackintosh, Architect, Photo, Refurbishment, Date
Glasgow School of Art : Modern Architecture
Rennie Mackintosh Building, Scotland, UK
Glasgow School of Art architectural symposium
The Glasgow School of Art welcomes architects to centenary celebrations
for the Mackintosh Building on 14 Dec 2009
The Glasgow School of Art is to host a Mackintosh Symposium on Charles
Rennie Mackintosh and international student design competition from
10 - 15 Dec 2009 to mark the centenary of its iconic Mackintosh Building.
Stirling of Stirlings
RIBA Journal online poll winner : best British-designed building of
the past 175 years is The Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie
Mackintosh.
8 Jun 2009
Glasgow School of Art Competition
Glasgow School of Art renewal
Glasgow School of Art - GSA
1897-1909
Rennie Mackintosh
Glasgow Art School is probably the most well known Charles Rennie
Mackintosh building and certainly his most well respected.

building images © adrian welch, 230509
Powerful sandstone block with dark, woody interior - save the bright,
white-painted 'hen run' high up on the south facade. The building
achieves much of i6ts drama by being perched on a steep incline, and
accentuating the verticality with soaring gridded oriel windows on
the west facade (photos above).
building photos © adrian welch
Glasgow School of Art is a building of Global importance, recorded
in most Histories of 20th Century Architecture.
The Art School was a powerful influence for Art Nouveau and later
for Modernism. The GSA building was constructed in 1897 - 1909. Charles
Rennie Mackintosh was a graduate of the GSA.

School interior
Access to the School is restricted: contact the number below to arrange
a Tour by GSA students. For Tours of other Glasgow Buildings click
on 'walking tours'.
Contact Glasgow School of Art: +44 (0)141 353 4526
Mackintosh Conservation & Access Project - Window on the Mac

photo : Andrew Lee
2008
Project Architects: Page\Park
Interiors: ZM Architecture
Glasgow School of Art Book
Glasgow
School of Art BBC Programme
Glasgow School of Art Refurb
Phase I of £8.7m Glasgow
School of Art refurbishment is complete. The Mackintosh Conservation
and Access Project will restore the GSA building to Rennie Mackintosh's
original design. Final building phase due to complete 2009.
Scottish
Architects of the past
pictures © adrian welch
Glasgow School of Art
Architect : Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Address: GSA, 167 Renfrew Street, off Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow,
Scotland

GSA photos © adrian welch
Glasgow Walking Tours
Glasgow School of Art was built in two phases: East Wing 1897-99,
West
Wing 1907-09.

campus photo © adrian welch
The School - and Rennie Mackintosh - was a major influence on Enric
Miralles in his designs for the Scottish Parliament.

entry facade - image from Mackintosh Tours 2004
Whilst studying at the Glasgow School of Art Rennie Mackintosh was
introduced to two sisters - Frances & Margaret Macdonald. Rennie Mackintosh
together with his friend Herbie MacNair formed an artistic alliance
with Frances Macdonald & Margaret Macdonald: they became known as
the 'Glasgow Four', and their Art Nouveau-inspired work became the
hub of the 'Glasgow Style'.

west view ; southwest - photos © adrian welch
Glasgow School of Art context
: Sauchiehall Street Buildings
In 1896 the 'Glasgow Four' were invited to exhibit at the London Arts
&
Crafts Society Exhibition.
In 1899 Frances Macdonald & Herbie MacNair married and moved to
Liverpool.
Mackintosh started the Glasgow School of Art.
In 1900 Rennie Mackintosh married Margaret Macdonald.
In 1903 Rennie Mackintosh moved permanently to the Willow Tearooms
in Sauchiehall Street where he designed all the interior fittings
plus some exterior.
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