Scotland Street School, Glasgow, Rennie Mackintosh Architect, Development, News, Site
Scotland Street School Glasgow
Rennie Mackintosh Building, Strathclyde, UK: Scottish Architecture
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Scotland Street School
Date: 1904-06
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Address: Scotland Street School, 225 Scotland St, Glasgow
Photos by Isabelle Lomholt, 13 Mar 2012:
Scotland Street School
News Update Sep 2007 re Site Development: Tiger Developments purchased in mid-2007 the ten-acre Scotland Street site which includes Macintosh’s Scotland Street School. The site was subject of redevelopment proposals by Keppie Design in the late nineties. The planned M74 extension is due to include an exit near the site.
Cooper Cromar Architects appointed to produce a masterplan and density feasibility study for the site. An outline planning application is due to be submitted before the end of 2007. £100m Proposal by Tiger Developments incl. 358,000sqft office space; 130-bed hotel; retail units.
Scotland Street School to be retained
Designed by Mackintosh for the School Board of Glasgow, Scotland Street School features symmetrical glazed stair towers, similar to the Modernist Werkbund & Fagus Shoe Factory by Gropius in Germany but with typical Mackintosh close-centred grids of black leaded glass.
The School closed in 1979 due to insufficient pupil numbers but was refurbished when Glasgow became European capital of Culture in 1990. Since then it has become the Glasgow Museum of Education, featuring an audio visual theatre, period classrooms and exhibition space.
Scotland Street School : Rennie Macintosh
Scotland Street School Glasgow – Building Information
Status: Grade A listed
Scotland Street School owners: Glasgow City Council
Nearest Subway Station: Shields Road
Scotland Street School Museum – Contact Details
Address: 225 Scotland Street, Glasgow G5 8QB
Phone: 0141 287 0500
Website: www.glasgowmuseums.com
E-mail: museums(at)cls.glasgow.gov.uk
Architecture in Scotland
Scotland Street masterplan : Cooper Cromar Architects
Glasgow School of Art
photo © Adrian Welch
Riverside Museum Glasgow
photograph : Hufton + Crow
Key Buildings in the Scotland Street School area
The Burrell Museum
photo © AJW
House for an Art Lover
photo © AW
Kelvingrove Gallery
photo : David Barbour / BDP
Website: Glasgow
Comments / photos for the Scotland Street School Glasgow page welcome
Scotland Street School Glasgow Building – page
Website: Scotland