The architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be hitched to a new marketing campaign for Glasgow. The city council, which hopes to attract an extra 150,000 tourists (and £7.5m) a year, has already
appointed a consultant to 'help win World Heritage status for its Mackintosh landmarks'.

The £600,000 branding exercise - emulating Barcelona's successful marketing of Antoni Gaudi's work - will feature a month-long Mackintosh festival next year. There is talk of a Mackintosh logo to help publicise attractions such as Glasgow School of Art, the city's Scotland Street School, and Hill House in Helensburgh.

'A heritage trail would be created with improved interpretive facilities for visitors at key sites...creative street furniture, inspired by the artist's internationally recognised high back chairs, would also be installed in prominent positions...

Built Mackintosh:

Holy Trinity Church
House for an Art Lover
Martyrs Public School
Scotland Street School
Hill House
The Glasgow Herald Building
The Daily Record Building
Queen's Cross Church
Glasgow School of Art
5 Byltheswood Square
Ruchill Church Hall
The Mackintosh House
The Willow Tea Rooms
Craigie Hall
The Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum
78, Derngate, Northampton
5, The Drive Northampton

I'll post images later

Unbuilt Mackintosh:
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/welcome.htm

The Railway Terminus 1982-93:
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/railwayterminus.htm

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_02E_sm.jpg

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_01E_sm.jpg

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_03E_sm.jpg

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_04E_sm.jpg

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_05E_sm.jpg

Bar & Dining Room 1983:
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/BarDiner.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/bd03.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/bd04.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/bd05.jpg

Alternative Concert Hall, 1898
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dome.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dome.h28.gif

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dome.h27.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dm01.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dm04.jpg

Concert Hall 1989
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/concerthall.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/ch05.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/ch02.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/ch03.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/ch04.jpg

The Science and Art Museum 1891
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/scienceart.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/finish1a.jpg

Exhibition Hall 1898
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/exhibitionhall.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/exh01.jpg

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/front_ele01.jpg

Chapter House 1891-92
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/chapterhouse.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/cha01.jpg

Liverpool Cathedral 1901-02
http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/liverpoolcathedral.htm

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/lvp01.jpg

Neglected Mackintosh:

An architectural masterpiece which has lain derelict for more than 20 years is to be converted into a luxury shopping, office and leisure development.A firm of developers from Guernsey aims to restore the A-listed art nouveau building by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the centre of Glasgow as a prime landmark. The largely forgotten site in Renfield Lane, which once housed the Daily Record printworks, and the former Scottish Temperance League building in Hope Street – a neighbouring grade-A listed property built by Glasgow firm Salmon, Son & Gillespie – will be renovated and turned into offices, shops, cafe, restaurant and a pub. An official from Glasgow City Council said there were still a large number of features worthy of preservation in the building, arguably the most neglected example of Mackintosh's work on the heritage trail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh

I love the railway terminus. It would make a rather splendid appendage to improve Queen Street station, don't you think?

I love the railway terminus. It would make a rather splendid appendage to improve Queen Street station, don't you think?
Couldnt agree with you more mate! Would have been so much better than the horrific concrete offices they have stuck onto the station just now. That building makes me feel sick.

I love the railway terminus. It would make a rather splendid appendage to improve Queen Street station, don't you think?

I was thinking that myself. Queen street's looking a bit rubbish these days, despite it having a recent makeover. The Mackintosh station would be spectacular.

Perhaps an e-mail like the one you wrote in support of the Unicorn would do the trick, David. :)

Look what the Liverpudlians rejected though! Christ. And they got this concrete wigwam instead:

http://www.nilacharal.com/stage/palsuvai/images/iom/Liverpool%20Cathedral%202.jpg

EDIT: oops, just realised. It was Liverpools OTHER cathedral he was designing. Mr Giles Gilbert Scott's design was chosen over Mackintosh's. Shame, the Mac Cathedral looks a bit more impressive in my opinion. I would have been absolutely amazing inside, however - no doubt about that.

Perhaps an e-mail like the one you wrote in support of the Unicorn would do the trick, David. :)
Its already on the way :)

EDIT:
We want that arena, aswell!! Don't forget to say that.
Consider it done, matey :cheers:

We want that arena, aswell!! Don't forget to say that.

A few details on Maccies Renfield Lane warehouse...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/gleegieboy/mac1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/gleegieboy/mac2.jpg

The taxi rank outside Queen street is a prime site for a skyscraper I reckon, the millenium hotel, Ernst and Young and railtrack offices should be near top of any X list. Ideal opportunity to do something spectacular with the lame northern edge of george square.

Strathclyde uni's campus redevelopment ought perk things up a bit. Is that video down permanently by the way, wanted to capture some images off it but it's dead:(.

I might be speaking from utter ignorance, but I really don't think Queen Street would be the best place for any Mackintosh Station. It would need a complete rebuild, and even after that the facade would be hidden by the facing block on George Square. And a building as impressive at the station pictured above should be given pride of place, and used to full effect. I don't know if all this has been decided before, but wouldn't the Mackintosh station serve much better as the Glasgow Airport station? It would be a magnificent entry point to the city, and give an oustanding first impression. Come to think of it, more attention in general by the city to the appearance of those places in the city that tourists first see would be of great benefit.

If there are already hard and fast plans for the appearance of the airport station, or if it's in some other way impossible, please ignore this comment!

You could always do a Manchester and have the Mac Station as a venue for concerts, conventions etc.

As they've built Macintosh's A House For an Artlover way after his death, and Goudi's late masterpiece, Temple of the Familia Sanriga (excuse spelling) is still being built, it would be great if some of these late masterpieces could be built, provided a suitable use could be found!

I'm sure some could be incorporated and developed for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games bid!

Imagine the Railway Terminus as say the Commonwealth Pool...

http://www.spt.co.uk/images03/Railway_Terminus_04E_sm.jpg


Concert Hall aka Boxing Ring

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/dm01.jpg

Concert Hall aka Indoor Gymanstics

http://www.ozturk.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/ch03.jpg



And I really think we should have the National Museum and the Cathedral too!!!

Hey ho...

Heck, build them all!

I wouldn't want to be greedy!

Rennie's hidden gem (http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5056810.html)

IT IS hoped the refurbishment of Queen's Cross Church in Maryhill will help restore the ornate designs, which are trademark Mackintosh, to their former glory

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/upload/060906rennieanimated.gif http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/upload/060906nrennie1_lg.jpg

how you can buy a bit of the Art School (http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/69685.html)

http://www.theherald.co.uk/uimages/0809_NewsArtSchool.jpg

Tell us how much you'd pay for a piece of the Mackintosh Building.
This much . . .
The facade of one of Scotland's most famous buildings, the Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Building, is to be "virtually" sold to raise funds for the school's £8.4m redevelopment scheme.
Every part of the building will be individually priced, from the elegant weather vane designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh to the lowliest brick and railing, and "sold", via a website, to those who wish to give money to the art school's revamp.
The names of those who buy the thousands of parts of the facade, facing the city's Renfrew Street, will be recorded by the school in the new visitor centre which is to be created in the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Campaign.
The "virtual" sale of the facade is to be one of the key features of the school's public campaign to fund the building's revamp, which will reverse years of wear and tear, conserve its archives, open a new visitor centre, furniture museum, and new gallery space.

ET (http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/opinion/display.var.1528982.0.0.php)

Dream house is a work of art


Charles Rennie Mackintosh's revolutionary dream house took more than 100 years to come to fruition, but House For An Art Lover is now one of the iconic landmarks on Glasgow's arts scene

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I think the 'Concert Hall' would have made a fabulous Scottish Parliament building - it could have become a real Scottish Icon. I still don't get the parliament building we ended up with...??

Although the Scottish parliament uses alot of mackintosh's ideas howerver, interpreted in a modern way.

I think the 'Concert Hall' would have made a fabulous Scottish Parliament building - it could have become a real Scottish Icon. I still don't get the parliament building we ended up with...??

Forgive me if the answer is yes here - but have you been to the Parliament?

Forgive me if the answer is yes here - but have you been to the Parliament?

Several times and from memory it bears no resemblance to my preferred design; the Mackintosh Concert Hall ;)

Flippancy aside, I appreciate the fact the parliament has won awards, am aware of its procurement history, felt the pain of the Design Team as portrayed in the documentaries due to having a lunatic Employer etc. but its just not my cup of tea! I'm not an Architect and, perhaps its just ignorance, but I don't like the fundamental form of the building - I'm entitled to my view.

That's fine - everybody gets an opinion. It's certainly not what I would design, but I do appreciate it. It just irritates me that people criticise it so much without having ever visited it (not, in your case).

I absolutely love the concrete vaulted ceilings in the foyer - the workmanship is really top notch - but I think they are inappropriate in a Parliament Building. My own view is that the public spaces surrounding the main entrance should be high and grand and imposing. I think it has a subterranean feel - but I straying into Architect territory - so shall leave it there!

GSA (http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/glasgow_school_of_art_refurbishment.htm)

Work will be carried out over three consecutive periods - July to December 2007 (Phase I, Mackintosh building interior), July to September 2008 (Phase II, East Side) and July to September 2009 (Phase III, West Side). 2009 is the centenary of the completion of the Mackintosh building, which was built in two phases from 1896 to 1909.


http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/glasgow_school_art_110707_2_EpicScotland.jpg

A fourth and final phase is planned which will see the creation of a new visitor reception and interpretation centre opposite the Mackintosh building, providing a ’window on the Mac’

http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/glasgow_school_art_zm_exmac.jpg

M Riaz - what the fuck does that photo mean with those numpties drinking tea? Have your ever tried to manage a construction site? I know it might be a piss take but you must OPEN YOUR EYES A WEE BIT - major stress managing the bears who put together our buildings man.........not funny man.

M Riaz - what the fuck does that photo mean with those numpties drinking tea? Have your ever tried to manage a construction site? I know it might be a piss take but you must OPEN YOUR EYES A WEE BIT - major stress managing the bears who put together our buildings man.........not funny man.


Take it easy Gerome...those chairs were made for sitting :laugh:... its well after 4AM and i should be sleeping, instead am here posting to keep you calm.

or more to the point what have you been drinkin earlier tonight??

Everyone needs a wee cuppa to keep them going these days and why not sit and relax on Mackintosh's best, chill out and keep well my good friend. :wink2:

is there any possibility of the unbuilt mackintosh structures to be actually built in the near future? I'd personally like to see the railway terminus designs be used for the refurbishment of Queen St Station, although with this unfortunate proposal for expansion of buchanan galleries , it would seem impossible.

Short documentary (http://www.bestlaidschemes.com/moviezone/scotland-street-school) on the CRM Scotland St School.

Page & Park (http://www.pagepark.co.uk/) have been commisioned by C&S to revamp the SS Museum. :)

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9096/sslt7.jpg

ET (http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2323350.0.city_museum_to_get_a_willow_tea_room.php)

City museum to get a Willow Tea Room

http://images.newsquest.co.uk/image.php?id=1002910&type=full

A WORLD-FAMOUS tea shop is opening a new branch at a Glasgow museum.

The Willow Tea R++ooms, which has shops in Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan Street, will unveil a traditional cafe at the Scotland Street School Museum.

It will have a soda bar, ice cream parlour and sweetie shop to fit in with the nostalgic surroundings at the site in Scotland Street near Shields Road Subway.

The building, which is popular with school trips, was designed in 1906 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
He also created the original tea rooms in Sauchiehall Street, which reopened 25 years ago this year.

Willow Tea Rooms owner Anne Mulhern said: "My children still remember their visits to Scotland Street School.

"We will appeal to young and old, providing a space to enjoy those special treats we all have such fond memories of.

"We are absolutely committed to promoting Mackintosh's work and I am delighted to be associated with another one of his iconic buildings."

News of the third Willow Tea Room comes days after the Evening Times revealed the Sauchiehall Street branch had been voted one of the top 10 places in the UK for a cuppa and cake.

Editors of lifestyle site www.allaboutyou.com, the home of Good Housekeeping, She, Prima, Country Living, House Beautiful and Coast magazines, liked its choice of teas and cakes.

The Scotland Street Museum offers visitors a trip back in time.

Three reconstructions show the changing face of the schoolroom from the Victorian era through the Second World War to the classes of the 60s.

The cafe is to be un-veiled on Monday by Lord Provost Bob Winter.

Charles Beattie, deputy chief executive of Glasgow City Council Culture and Sport, said: "We're delighted to enhance the visitors' experience to this Mackintosh gem with this addition.

"The Willow Tea Rooms is truly one of the Glasgow institutions."

Publication date 06/06/08

My experience of the Willow Tea Rooms is that they're entirely trading on their reputation. The service is poor, and although the tea tastes lovely, the sandwiches and cakes are overpriced, small, and not that great anyway.

Google are celebrating Mackintosh's birthday today.



http://www.google.co.uk/logos/mackintosh.gif

Which Google site was that? Can't find it. :)

Which Google site was that? Can't find it. :)


http://www.google.co.uk/

Macco has already posted this news in the Education thread but in this thread is a must too.

SFC (http://www.sfc.ac.uk/news/sfc/2008/sfcpr1908/sfcpr1908.html)

16 June 2008 - News release SFCPR/19/08

£50 million boost for redevelopment of Glasgow School of Art
The Scottish Funding Council and The Glasgow School of Art have today announced plans for the redevelopment of The Glasgow School of Art campus.

The Funding Council is prepared to commit up to £50 million towards the first phase of the redevelopment. This will see the transformation of the site immediately opposite the iconic Mackintosh building which is currently undergoing an £8.6 million conservation and access project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The phase-one site is currently occupied by three buildings of poor quality which are no longer fit for purpose. They will be replaced by buildings that will provide a modern learning and research environment for future generations of staff and students within the creative disciplines. The new development will be designed to the highest standards with full commitment to environmental performance.

The Council has written to the Director of the GSA asking to see a business case for the first phase before confirming its offer. It has also said it is committed to discussing and agreeing with the School a funding package for future phases.

The Chair of the Scottish Funding Council, John McClelland said: “The Glasgow School of Art provides Scotland with the creative industry entrepreneurs of tomorrow. The redevelopment project will ensure that its students and staff are working in the right environment to ensure success. The first phase will enhance the area opposite the Macintosh building improving the setting for one of Scotland’s finest architectural achievements.”

The Glasgow School of Art is one of Britain's foremost higher education institutions for the study and advancement of art, design and architecture and is home to an international community of approximately 1,700 students and 400 staff. The School’s director, Professor Seona Reid welcomed the Funding Council’s announcement and said: “The investment from the Scottish Funding Council for phase one of our campus redevelopment is a major vote of confidence in our plans for the future. A world class School needs a world class estate and Funding Council support will ensure that we have one. With it we can feel confident of continuing to produce mature, confident and enterprising graduates and contributing to Scotland’s economic and cultural success.”

Glasgow School of Art (http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/glasgow_school_art_mac.htm)

founded in 1845 as a Government School of Design and is one of the UK’s oldest creative education institutions. Today the GSA is one of the UK's pre-eminent institutions for the study and advancement of fine art, design and architecture and is one of the few remaining independent art schools in the UK;


the GSA has an internationally community of over 1700 students studying fine art, design and architecture and a growing postgraduate population which is projected to grow to 25 per cent of our total student community with the introduction of new Master's programmes and an increase in PhD students;

the School has extensive international links with leading creative institutions including an innovative partnership with the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing;

the GSA has the second lowest student drop-out rate in Scotland and one of the lowest in the UK at 1.8 per cent;
in 2007, Design Week included the GSA in its HOT 50 list of design leaders saying that the GSA is a "leader in the field of design education";
the Architects Journal has consistently ranked the Mackintosh School of Architecture as the top architecture school in Scotland and third in the UK based on the views of 100 major architectural practices in the UK; and
a quarter of the Turner Prize shortlisted artists since 2005 have been GSA graduates, including the winner, Simon Starling in 2005 (6)? and GSA graduates have dominated Scotland's representation at the Venice Biennale since it was established in 2003.

http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/glasgow_school_art_11.jpg

The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh (http://www.scottisharchitecture.com/article/view/The+Glasgow+School+of+Art) Conservation and Access Project

Considered one of the most influential buildings of the 20th Century, Glasgow School of Art epitomises the raison d’être of Scottish architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A magnet for art students from around the world, it has become one of the city's leading tourist landmarks, attracting more than 30,000 visitors annually. ZM Architecture Directors, Peter Richardson and Nick Blair, are working with Brian Park of Page & Park, as part of a joint architectural team, to improve public access to the celebrated School.



http://www.scottisharchitecture.com/uploads/Image/archindetail/mack6.jpg

I went to Stereo on Renfield Lane t'other night to see Damien Jurado. First time I'd been there... it's a great venue, and very nice atmosphere in the bar upstairs. Retard that I am, I didn't actually realise it was in a CRM building until afterwards... not that it was light enough to see anything on the lane anyway.

My band and I played at Stereo on Thursday night just past - great venue indeed - best sound quality we've played with so far, anyway. Cool place, too - it's pretty much got everything!

Art Club seeks £1m to restore lost Rennie Mackintosh frieze
Campaign to peel back the paint and uncover artist’s first major work
By Edd McCracken, Arts Correspondent

CHARLES RENNIE Mackintosh's first major frieze has lain hidden under several layers of paint for nearly a century in the Glasgow Art Club, but trustees are on the verge of launching a major fundraising campaign to bring the architect's "lost essay in interiors" back to life.

Painted in 1893, the stencilled frieze features sage-green thistles intertwining on a light-yellow background to create an art nouveau lattice. It was the centrepiece of the art club's gallery but, due to its position under the eaves, it suffered water damage and was eventually painted and plastered over.

The club's trustees believe that once restored, it will be the first stop on a Mackintosh trail around Glasgow. Experts claim the gallery houses the first shoots of the architect's celebrated style that would later bloom into his designs for the Glasgow School of Art.

The trustees are looking to raise £1 million privately and through conservation bodies for its restoration.

The money will also go to conserve the rest of the gallery, located in an elegant Bath Street townhouse, whose existing fireplace, grills and door fittings were also designed by Mackintosh when he was a 25-year-old assistant for the firm Honeyman and Keppie.

...continues at the Sunday Herald (http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2484381.0.art_club_seeks_1m_to_restore_lost_rennie_mackintosh_frieze.php).

Glasgow could make so much more of Mackintosh. I know that they have done more in ecent years but there needs to be a concerted joint effort by a number of bodies to promote the Mackintosh and the city's art noveau (and deco) heritage.

GSA (http://www.malcolmreading.co.uk/gsa/)

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART LAUNCHES £50M COMPETITION FOR NEW BUILDING


http://www.constructionnow.co.uk/enews/images/GSA%20comp%20website.jpg

The Glasgow School of Art has launched a competition a new landmark £50m building to rival the world-famous main building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

It today launches the international competition to find an architect for a new building for the 2500 square metre site opposite the Mackintosh building, replacing those which currently stand on the site in Garnethill.

The Mackintosh building at 167 Renfrew Street, which was constructed in two phases in 1896 and 1909 and is undergoing a £8.5m revamp of its own, was Mackintosh's largest commission and is seen as his architectural masterpiece.

The site currently holds three buildings, which will be demolished in 2011: the student union building, dating to the mid-1930s, the Newbury Tower, built in 1972, and the Foulis Building, from 1968.

The buildings, all seen as not suited to their purpose, are all to come down and be replaced by a new building, or buildings, which should be in place opposite the Mackintosh building by 2013.

Seona Reid, director of GSA, said that whatever building is made, it would need to be responsive to its students - who are being consulted as part of the redevelopment - and that "a world class school needs a world class estate".

She said: "The Mackintosh building is an incredible place, there are lots of nooks and crannies where you can go to be informal, have a chat, meditate on something, or just look over Glasgow, and it is important the new building also has these fluid, informal spaces where students can debate, think, run into each other and meet - this should not just be another office block.

"We have no preconceptions over what the final design might be, but it will not be a copy of the Mackintosh. We are looking for architects of imagination who can design a building, or buildings, which can sit and work in that space - we assume that some of the larger architecture names will go for it, but we don't want to close the door to the smaller parties either."

The competition is being run by Malcolm Reading Consultants. For more information, go to:http://www.malcolmreading.co.uk/gsa/


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We have no preconceptions over what the final design might be, but it will not be a copy of the Mackintosh. We are looking for architects of imagination who can design a building, or buildings, which can sit and work in that space

Of this I am glad. Any attempt to mimic the existing GSA building would only result in something that dilutes the impact of Mackintosh's building. Imagine how bad it would be with something there like the Waterstones building at Union Street/Argyle Street.

Heavens what a faux pas! It would be more like turning up to a wedding discovering someone better looking and slimmer wearing the same dress and pulling the whole look off better. Wouldn't it steal your thunder and imagine the tears and tantrums! Not that I've ever done that ;)

Seriously I hope that this winds up being like the recent competition of the £60 million extension to Gunnar Asplund’s Stockholm Public Library which produced some really interesting work including the winning proposal ‘Delphinium’ by German architect Heike Hanada. It was very delicate and had its own character but complimented the solidity of Asplund seminal work whilst still remaining in the background. Mackintosh's masterpiece needs that sort of elegant approach. And please give us some good modern ornament to compliment an architect who really knew how to use ornament sparingly and well!

And please, please, please, contrary to what was reported in today's Herald, do not let it be won by any one of the following: Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, RMJM, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster. Gehry, Hadid, and Libeskind in particular. Their styles are totally inappropriate for the site and they simply do not have the decorum to pull it off. It would be dancing on Mackintosh's grave.

At least this will be one scheme in the city which we'll not need to worry about looking shite, hopefully.:)

And please, please, please, contrary to what was reported in today's Herald, do not let it be won by any one of the following: Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, RMJM, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster. Gehry, Hadid, and Libeskind in particular. Their styles are totally inappropriate for the site and they simply do not have the decorum to pull it off. It would be dancing on Mackintosh's grave.

Well, looks like the Herald was just playing a game of name the Starchitect. Maybe I'm being idealistic, but I like the idea of it being won by a practice I've never heard of, who make their name on their project. Somehow deferential, but also interesting in and of itself.

Am I the only person that rather likes the Newbery Tower?

No I quite like it too. It's actually a clever design with the floor plates between the 2 cores. And there is somthing about the copper floor spans I like. However the area around the base is terrible and the fact the core faces onto the street closes it off making it more intimidating and insular.

I like it too... but then I'm a huge fan of corrugated concrete. I think I might have been Paul Rudolph in a previous life.

TENDER - Estate Redevelopment Project

Tender: Estate Redevelopment Project

Contracting Authority: Glasgow School of Art

Closing Date: May 1

Details: The original building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and completed in the early years of the twentieth century. It is one of the iconic exemplars in Arts and Crafts design and craftsmanship. Recently, the School's Governors have developed a strategy and secured funding for a major development of the site facing the original Mackintosh building in order to develop a new, 11 250 m2 faculty building. This is a significant challenge and needs an assured and convincing design solution of world class quality. The Governors seek to find an architect-led team of outstanding skill though a process of competitive selection.

Contact: Katie Allan on 0207 637 2502 or gsa@malcolmreading.co.uk.

Telephone: 0207 637 2502

Email: gsa@malcolmreading.co.uk

What? Really?

Glasgow's subway to be given Rennie Mackintosh makeover

Published Date: 15 April 2009
By ALASTAIR DALTON
THE Glasgow Subway could be rebranded in a Charles Rennie Mackintosh style as part of plans for its first major overhaul for 30 years.
The unique lettering designed by the city's most famous architect would be used for the system's motif and station names.

The proposal by the city council is part of a £20 million scheme to refurbish the 102-year-old underground railway, which is the third-oldest in the world after London and Budapest.

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), which runs the circular system, plans to give its 15 stations a major facelift, with new lifts installed and escalators replaced.

The Mackintosh rebranding plan has been likened to the "Metropolitain" entrances to the Paris Metro designed by the architect Hector Guimard at the turn of the last century.


...continues at the Scotsman (http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Glasgow39s-subway-to-be-given.5169903.jp).

The Mackintosh rebranding plan has been likened to the "Metropolitain" entrances to the Paris Metro designed by the architect Hector Guimard at the turn of the last century.

But who are they going to get to design the Glasgow ones? Probably a bunch of overfed twats in an industial estate in Kent to save a few £'s. They should add "like the designs by Guimard but pish".

I'm with you there.

Why don't they just copy the design for Buchanan Street?

Anyways Mockintosh is my guilty pleasure.:shifty:

Groan....

In the immortal words of Nancy Reagan: 'Just say no'

If they're going to do a mockery of something, I'd rather they did something nice, and researched old station/tube station buildings from Glasgow that have been demolished, picked the ones of charm or architectural merit, then rebuilt them as closely as possible. It would be a mock-up, but at least it would reference some of our heritage that has been (usually shortsightedly) lost over the years.

Groan....

In the immortal words of Nancy Reagan: 'Just say no'


i concur

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Mackintosh 100 (http://www.crmsociety.com/mackintosh100.aspx)

Mackintosh 100 is a celebration in the build up to the 100th anniversary of the his masterpiece the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art Over 100 events are planned as part Homecoming Scotland 2009.

http://images.newsquest.co.uk/image.php?id=1099602&type=full

Herald (http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.2503764.0.Built_to_last.php)

Mackintosh 100, a Homecoming Scotland programme to showcase the lasting legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was unveiled yesterday.
The new campaign will feature over 100 events including exhibitions, workshops, talks and tours.
The Mackintosh Heritage Group joined another 217 other exhibitors at the SECC for the VisitScotland Expo, a two-day event to develop tourism products and services with businesses both home and abroad.
Mackintosh 100 lasts for eight months, with the programme coinciding with the 100-year-anniversary of the completion of Mackintosh's masterpiece, the Glasgow School of Art.
Stuart Robertson, chair of the Mackintosh Heritage Group, said: "Mackintosh is an icon for the city and Scotland. Culturally it is a huge benefit for the promotion of Homecoming.
"Scotland has many unique cultural assets to attract visitors, with one of its gems being the works of Mackintosh and his contemporaries. His designs have inspired creative people across the world."
With over £8.7m spent on its conservation, visitors are able to take a tour of the art school that celebrates the centenary of the finished Mackintosh building in November.
With support from EventScotland, VisitScotland and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, the campaign is expected to boost the local economy by £300,000, attracting an additional 3500 visitors to Glasgow.
Tourism Minister, Jim Mather, said: "Mackintosh 100 is a valuable addition to the ever-expanding programme of Homecoming events, and a great way to celebrate the centenary of the building of the art school."

M Riaz - what the fuck does that photo mean with those numpties drinking tea? Have your ever tried to manage a construction site? I know it might be a piss take but you must OPEN YOUR EYES A WEE BIT - major stress managing the bears who put together our buildings man.........not funny man.

This made me laugh out loud...because it is so true!

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

AJ (http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/masses-go-mad-for-the-mac/5201219.article)

Masses go mad for the Mac

28 April, 2009


Astragal knew it would be tough to land the £50 million job of overhauling the site opposite the Mackintosh – but not this hard
According to sources on the ‘inside’, there have been more than 9,500 competition brief downloads for the contest to redevelop Glasgow School of Art’s Garnethill site opposite Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s well-known masterpiece (pictured).
Top statisticians believe this could result in more than 1,000 entries – making it the most popular architecture contest ever.
Only the Stockholm Library competition, which attracted 1,160 hopefuls vying to design the extension to Gunnar Asplund’s landmark, can come close.
And compare this with the RIBA’s recent biggee, the National Wildflower Centre contest, which mustered a paltry 160 entries.
What’s worrying Astragal is the list of names that have - allegedly - already thrown their hats into the ring.
Zaha and Foster have been rumoured to be approaching local ‘partnering’ firms. RMJM has apparently been talking to Moneo and Herzog and de Meuron is also understood to be having a pop. Look out for a bid from Stephen Holl too.
Speculation of course. But with so many ‘downloaders’ perhaps the question should be, ‘who hasn’t entered’?
Now, back to the expression of interest. ‘Has any employee whom you would propose to use to deliver this service been guilty of grave professional misconduct?….’

Hmm… a toughie to start with eh….

This is going to be exciting just to see all the different entries.

GSV is actualy quite handy. :)

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9877/rsmac.jpg

My group of about 50 engineers alone has been approached by 5 different teams looking to partner with us on this. I'm involved in the David Chipperfield bid, and I know John McAslan is going with our Scottish offices. All in all, i think Arup is backing about 40 different bids.

Crazy interest for this one!

Introduction to the competition brief document:

INTRODUCTION
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art building is a mine for
discovering the discipline of architecture. Still thriving and with over 20,000
visitors a year, many are able to discover this. Only a few days ago, I was made
more aware of Mackintosh’s skill in combining the majestic scale with the
domestic. One leaves the building challenged to reach the coherence of this
30-year-old architect, and that is what this competition is about. It is open to
all – from ‘youngsters’ like Mackintosh to those who emerge later in life, like
Louis Khan – over 60 and still learning.

Since Mackintosh’s time, the ways of procuring architecture through competitions
has changed, particularly where public funds are involved. Society no longer
simply recognises the guarantees of the professional and places legal demands to
ensure ‘deliverability’. The result is that competitors are obliged to complete
certain formalities. This may well discourage smaller architectural practices but by
forming, say, a temporary partnership with other practices and other professions,
such as engineers, this can be overcome.

The School needs a new building fit to stand alongside Mackintosh’s master-work:
a building that can inspire and serve the people who, now and in the future, will
study and work in it. Although deliverability is fundamental, so too is that which
has to be delivered: the art of architecture.

The School does not wish the four years of discussions evolving the programme to
be frozen: rather it wishes to complete these discussions with the chosen architect.
For this reason, the competition does not require a definite proposal but sufficient
creative thinking expressed graphically over four A1 panels in the second stage of
the competition. The first stage will require one A2 panel with the same objective.
The School and the jury hope that architects from all over the world will be
attracted to this competition.

To find the architect before defining the project will not be an easy task, but the
jury will be looking for the intelligent capacity and sensitive dexterity of the
applicants to translate, not copy, those pioneers of modern architecture within the
historic context of Glasgow.

Please sharpen your pencils and have an eraser ready.

David Mackay
Chair of the Jury

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8028712.stm

Architects' designs on art school

From bdonline:

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3139779&origin=BDbreakingnews

Stirling Prize contenders in Glasgow School of Art competition hunt
6 May, 2009

By Will Hurst, Anna Winston

A competition to design a £50 million new building for the Glasgow School of Art has attracted over 150 entries including 90% of the firms shortlisted for the Stirling Prize over the past five years.

Following the passing of the deadline for the competition at noon last Friday, contest organiser Malcolm Reading Consultants said that the chance to design the new building opposite the school’s famous Mackintosh building on Garnethill had attracted unprecedented interest including bids from some of the biggest names in world architecture.

The expression of interest has now been downloaded 11,000 times and the web site visited 57,000 times since the competition - which aims to find an architect for the first phase of a two-stage scheme to create a new ‘urban campus’ – was launched in March.

In terms of those actually entering, most are foreign architects with 60% from Europe, 30% from the US and 10% from Asia.

“This is a great response to a very significant and exceptionally challenging project,” said chairman of Malcolm Reading Consultants, Malcolm Reading.

“The level of international entries, as well as those from the UK, is exceptional and an indicator of the wide appeal of the project.

“Glasgow is going to have a sparkling list to choose from.”

Architects from 16 countries applied with 58 entries received from outside the UK.

Up to seven firms will be shortlisted, with the contenders announced on 22 May and the winner in September.

The judging panel will be chaired by David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes and includes Muriel Gray, journalist and broadcaster, Christine Hawley, dean of the Bartlett School of Architecture and Seona Reid, director of the GSA.

Not quite the 1000+ entries Astragal was touting but when you read the brief document understandable as this was never going to be a Herald Tribune style competition.

Astragal's Response:

An Astragal update: the real Mackintosh figures

Astragal may have got himself slighlty carried away recently with the numbers of entrants into the contest to design the new £50 million building opposite the Mackintosh

Although more than 9,000 architects downloaded the competition brief for the contest to mastermind the redevelopment of the Garnethill site opposite Charles Rennie Mackintosh, only 153 practices actually entered.

This is clearly still a whopping number and the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) are delighted by the response. The school is particularly happy that there are three Pritzker Prize winners in there.

The GSA has also confrmed that the judging panel will include, among others broadcaster and writer Muriel Gray (deputy chair), Christine Hawley of The Bartlett and Isi Metzstein of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia fame.

Jury chair David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes said, in a cuddly sort of way, that he saw all the entrants ‘as winners’. He added: ‘But a competition demands a choice. Our task will not be easy because the difference between the qualities of the entrees promises to be very narrow.

‘However, the jury will do its best in the imperfect process of any selection.’

AJ (http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/an-astragal-update-the-real-mackintosh-figures/5201569.article)

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2509269.0.calls_grow_for_mackintosh_statue_in_heart_of_glasgow.php

Calls grow for Mackintosh statue in heart of Glasgow

Seven on all-time Stirling shortlist

15 May, 2009

Seven buildings have been shortlisted for the RIBA Journal/Schüco Stirling of Stirlings, a vote for the best building of the entire 175 years of the RIBA’s existence

The seven are: Crystal Palace by Paxton and Fox; St Pancras Station and hotel by William Henry Barlow, RM Ordish and (for the hotel) George Gilbert Scott; Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Charles Holden’s London Underground stations; the Royal Festival Hall by Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin and Peter Moro; the Pompidou Centre by Piano and Rogers; and Grimshaw’s Eden Project. More than 1,600 people voted in the poll, with a winner to be announced on June 1.

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3140514&channel=426&c=1

Calls grow for Mackintosh statue in heart of Glasgow


Council leader Stephen Purcell has backed the call for a statue

by Russell Leadbetter

SUPPORT is growing for Glasgow to erect a statue to Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Top sculptor Andy Scott says it is time the city honoured the world-famous architect and designer.

Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell said a statue was "long overdue."

He added: "Mackintosh was a pioneer in modern architecture.

advertisement"His iconic designs and monumental achievements, from Glasgow School of Art to Scotland Street School, helped put our great city on the world map.

"He is inextricably linked to Glasgow in the same way that Antonio Gaudi is with Barcelona.

"It is fitting that a contemporary Glasgow artist now wants to commemorate this towering figure in world architecture with a long overdue and much-deserved statue."

Seona Reid, director of the Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art, said it was "more than happy to support any call to celebrate the genius of Mackintosh.

"Of course, the most appropriate recognition of his work comes, first and foremost, from an appreciation of his great buildings, but acknowledgment in the form of public art is also welcome."

David Stark, a director of architectural firm Keppie, where Mackintosh once worked, said: "The entrance to Mitchell Lane would be a good place for a statue, to let you know that the Lighthouse building is nearby."

Mr Scott's suggested locations for the statue include George Square, or Buchanan Street near the Lighthouse, which Mackintosh designed in 1895 to house the Glasgow Herald newspaper.

He added: "When you consider his legacy to the city, you think that something should be done."

Gary Nisbet, an expert in Glasgow's sculpture and architecture, pointed out that Glasgow already had a stone monument to Mackintosh -- in Townhead, where the architect was born in 1868.

Part of a GHA community artwork project, it was designed by local young people and was unveiled in February 2008.

Mr Nisbet said: "It's a large, beautiful memorial in a landscaped area, as substantial as you want a memorial to be. For me, one of the most important things is that it's a community memorial."

Professor Pamela Robertson, of the Mackintosh Heritage Group, said they had been "looking at delivering a piece of public art to celebrate his achievements.

"It wouldn't be a memorial sculpture in terms of a figurative piece but something that we would see as a more creative response to him."

The group was focusing on its own plan and had no observations to make on Mr Scott's idea, Prof Robertson added.

Publication date 20/05/09


http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2509269.0.calls_grow_for_mackintosh_statue_in_heart_of_glasgow.php

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3141157&origin=BDweeklydigest

Hopkins, Holl and McAsian make Mackintosh shortlist
22 May, 2009
By Ruth Bloomfield
Seven practices have been shortlisted to design a new Glasgow School of Art, it was announced today.
The £50 million scheme will sit opposite the world-famous Mackintosh Building, but only one fully Scottish-based firm has made the cut.
The full shortlist
• Benson + Forsyth (London, UK)
• Elder & Cannon (Glasgow, UK)
• Francisco Mangado Architects (Pamplona, Spain)
• Grafton Architects (Dublin, Ireland)
• Hopkins (London, UK)
• John McAslan and Partners with Nord Architects (London and Glasgow partnership)
• Steven Holl Architects with JM Architects (New York and Glasgow partnership)
The shortlist has been selected from a 40 strong longlist. There were more than 150 entries to the international competition, judged by a panel led by David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes and including the director of the GSA, Professor Seona Reid, the broadcaster Muriel Gray and Professor Christine Hawley, the Dean of the Bartlett.
Malcolm Reading who managed the process for the GSA, said: "This is a rich and varied list for an exceptional project. The selection was extremely careful. These were the names that had life-force, they kept appearing again and again during the deliberations."
He added: “Not all the practices are well-known in the UK but they all have a distinctive way of working and projects that show a sense of place and sensitivity to environment.
"What distinguished these teams was they had thought deeply about the context of the building and the needs of the client."
Final submissions will be delivered in July and the winners announced in September.
The shortlisted practices now have until mid-July to develop their final submission and the winning architect-led design team will be announced in late September

cool, interesting stuff

some very BIG names didnt make the list

and good to see local boys Elder & Cannon there

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3141707&origin=BDdaily

Glasgow School of Art wins Stirling of Stirlings vote

1 June, 2009

By David Rogers

Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art has been named the RIBA Journal's Stirling of Stirlings in a vote to find the best building of the RIBA’s 175 year existence.

The 1909 art nouveau inspired building has featured frequently in the news lately due to the competition to design a new building for Glasgow School of Art opposite Mackintosh's original.

Voters were asked to choose buildings from categories broken down into seven categories each covering a range of 25 years beginning with 1834, the year the RIBA was founded.

As well as the Glasgow School of Art, those that made it through to the final shortlist were Grimshaw’s Eden Project; the Pompidou Centre in Paris by Piano and Rogers; the Royal Festival Hall by Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin and Peter Moro; Charles Holden’s London Underground stations; St Pancras Station and Hotel by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Barlow; and Crystal Palace by Paxton & Fox.

The shortlist was drawn from a public vote with the final decision being made by a team of eight judges including RIBA Journal editor Hugh Pearman, architect Alex de Rijke from DRMM and architectural historian Dan Cruickshank.

Pearman said: “It was interesting to see who did well in the public vote and who did not. Norman Foster didn’t do that well and I was surprised Sir Edwyn Lutyens, who designed the viceroy’s palace in New Delhi, didn’t do better.”

The least popular architect in the vote was William Butterfield, a Victorian architect who designed Keble College at Oxford University.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article6395000.ece

Britain’s heart in perfect stone

Readers rushed to vote for the best British building of the past 175 years. The result shows a surprising attitude to architecture

Hugh Pearman

Well, I’m surprised. A few weeks back I asked you to vote online for the best British - designed building of the past 175 years. I imagined you’d go for something ultra-modern and popular such as the Gherkin in London or the Eden Project in Cornwall or – given that traditionalism has been getting a lot of press of late – for something reassuringly old and solid, such as the Palace of Westminster or the Natural History Museum. You didn’t.

You went instead for a century-old masterpiece by a tragic genius that stands exactly between ancient and modern. Completed in 1909, it’s the Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. What does this fascinating result tell us about our attitude to architecture today?

The poll was a wheeze I concocted as editor of the RIBA Journal to mark the 175th anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

We decided to call it the “Stirling of Stirlings” as a tribute to the real annual Stirling prize for new architecture. It was launched as the Prince of Wales was embroiled in trying to stop the planned – modernist – development on the site of the old Chelsea Barracks. The age-old war between the modernists and traditionalists was in full flow.

Earlier this month, 25 years after his infamous “monstrous carbuncle” speech, the prince came back to speak at RIBA, attempting to pour oil on troubled water by name-check-ing a couple of modern buildings he liked. Our poll, comparing new buildings with old – the first of its kind, so far as we can tell – would test people’s real feelings about the built world around them. Hundreds of votes poured in from readers of The Sunday Times.

To judge by the level of support you’d given Prince Charles in letters to the paper about the Chelsea Barracks row, we seemed to be entering a throwback period. We’ve been this way before. When the Saatchis advised Margaret Thatcher that the 1980s were going to be the “retro decade”, they were not wrong. We soon got Charles and his original traditionalist crusade alongside the gimcrack excesses of postmodernism – essentially office-block modernism dressed up with twiddly bits to try to make it more acceptable. Today, most of it looks excruciating.

Then came the recession of the early 1990s and all that was swept away. The new wave of young architects who emerged in its aftermath mostly went back to what they saw as first principles: real, clean unfussy modernism, manifest in the dome and the various huge millennium projects started under the Tories, which were later adopted with gusto by new Labour.

It’s not political disenchantment that is driving the present outcry against modernism and bringing Charles back to the fray. It’s just part of the perpetual cycle of public opinion on architecture and the arts. This curious swing between the two sides of the British character is well chronicled: Michael Frayn, the author and playwright, called it “herbivores versus carnivores”, Peter York, the style guru, described it as “punk and pageantry”.

At the time of the 1951 Festival of Britain on London’s South Bank, they had a “Lion and Unicorn” pavilion dedicated to the phenomenon. The unicorn is more spiritual, artistic, adventurous, outward-looking, modern-minded. The lion is all roast beef and Olde Englande and introspection. We seem to be moving from a 15-year unicorn period into an indeterminate lion period.

Architecture is central in all this because it is the most visible of all the arts: you can’t avoid it unless, like John Ruskin, the Victorian critic, you alter the route of your morning walk to avoid a hated building (in his case, Keble college, Oxford – which, interestingly, scored the lowest number of votes in our poll). Because it takes years to get anything much designed, approved and built, architecture often seems to lag behind fashion, making it an easy target.

The end result is that in any historical period there will be a very few great buildings, a reasonable number of okay buildings and a massive amount of dross. If you are lucky (often you’re not), time sorts this out and the great buildings survive.

Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art is a mysteriously beautiful building that manages to be rugged and delicate at the same time. Solidly built of stone but with enormous windows, enriched with swirling art nouveau motifs, it gradually becomes more refined – almost Japanese – in its later stages, especially its masterly, cliff-like library wing.

Mackintosh designed everything down to the door handles, furniture and light fittings. It is of its time, it’s traditionally built, it even draws on the precedent of Scottish castles, but it mixes in other influences and a sense of fin-de-siècle modernity, to emerge as something wholly original. As such it is perhaps the perfect building for these uneasy times. Some buildings, it seems, can appeal to both the lion and the unicorn.

Mackintosh was a bit of a dandy who wrote the book on architectural arrogance, but his masterpiece endures. Its main rivals on our final shortlist were the long-vanished Crystal Palace, a tour de force of Victorian high-tech architecture by Joseph Paxton, the gardener and designer, with Charles Fox, the engineer, built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Plus its spiritual descendant, the 1976 Pompidou centre in Paris by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, one of the first great “icon” buildings of the late 20th century.

Our original poll offered up 49 buildings, seven each from seven periods between 1834 and today. The response polarised modernists and antimodernists: because I had arranged the poll so that you had to vote for just one building in each period, I got a few irate reader comments. Chris from Ashford said: “What a biased poll that is. It forces you to choose ‘the best’ from several eras whereas many of us think that some eras have absolutely nothing to recommend them.”

Others saw the point of the exercise and some discussed the poll on Twitter, one saying, “I do like the way the ballot forces one to vote for something outside of one’s usual area. Good example of why limits on freedom are sometimes good.” That, by the way, was from a young hardline modernist who found the 19th century unfamiliar – yet bracing – territory.

Mackintosh’s School of Art attracted far more votes than any other building in any period. However, I didn’t tell our panel of judges that when we assembled in the Georgian splendour of Somerset House to decide the winner. Dan Cruick-shank, the architectural historian and television presenter, Sunand Prasad, RIBA president, Jane Priest-man, design consultant, rising-star architects Steve Tompkins and Alex de Rijke, Irena Murray, architectural librarian, and Ted Cullinan, Royal Gold Medal-winning architect, all had firm views – and no idea what was most popular with the public.

Apart from the Crystal Palace and the Pompidou centre, the School of Art’s other four rivals were: the 2001 Eden Project by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw; the 1951 Royal Festival Hall in London by Robert Matthew and Leslie Martin; the much-loved 1920s and 1930s London Underground stations of Charles Holden; and the gothic fantasy of St Pancras station and hotel in London (1874) by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Barlow.

After a lot of debate and the odd glass of prosecco, the judges reached their verdict. Mackintosh’s virtuoso art school won their vote because it is a total work of art in itself.

What became of Toshie, as Mackintosh is affectionately known? He was only 28 when he won the competition for the art school in 1896 and his design was to gain him international fame. With Margaret Mac-donald, his designer wife, he designed several houses, tearooms, a school and some elegant chairs still in production today – all with a clean, organic, quality.

His light shone brightly but briefly. By the time he had finally completed the School of Art in 1909, he was getting cantankerous, falling out with his fellow architects, some of whom he openly criticised. In 1913 he quit his firm and left Glasgow – first for remote rural Suffolk, then Chelsea and finally the south of France.

Mackintosh – who was a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s superstar architect – could have achieved similar success had the cards fallen differently. He has his memorial, however.

His Glasgow School of Art is the RIBA Journal/Schüco Stirling of Stirlings, officially the best British building of the past 175 years

Herald (http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/other/display.var.2512547.0.Glasgow_celebrates_Mackintoshs_birth.php)

Glasgow celebrates Mackintosh’s birth

Celebrations are taking place across Glasgow this weekend to mark the birthday of the city's most famous architect.
It is Charles Rennie Mackintosh 141st birthday on Sunday, and events have been planned at some of his most iconic buildings.
Across Glasgow, Mackintosh properties such as Queen's Cross Church in Maryhill and House for an Art Lover at Bellahouston Park are all opening their doors and offering free entry to visitors.
The management at Hill House in Helenbsurgh has made a giant birthday card that will be left outside so that well-wishers can write tributes and messages.
Hundreds of fans from as far away as Japan and the US are expected to arrive in Glasgow over the course of the weekend to join in the celebrations.
Stewart Robertson of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, said: "This is a fairly big occasion.
"Last year Google posted a notice that it was his 140th birthday on its homepage and our website received over six million hits, so there is a lot of interest in him.
"To mark his birthday, a new range of Mackintosh merchandise is being released - it includes things like mugs and brollies and it has been designed with input from Glasgow School of Art students."

AHRC (http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News/Latest/Pages/RennieMackintoshdatabase.aspx)

14 Aug 2009

Truly Grand Designs

Architecture Designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Will Appear On Free Online Database


Scottish Architecture (http://www.scottisharchitecture.com/news/read/Mackintosh+study+receives+major+grant+boost)

Mackintosh study receives major grant boost

The first in-depth study of the architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to begin at the University of Glasgow early next year.

The pioneering research project ‘Mackintosh Architecture: Context, Making and Meaning’, led by Professor Pamela Robertson, has been made possible through a major grant of almost £620,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

'Mackintosh Architecture' will provide for the first time a comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of his achievements as an architect based on an innovative and authoritative combination of archival research, building survey and analysis.

Pamela Robertson, Professor of Mackintosh Studies at the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery said: “This funding will allow us to refocus on Mackintosh’s core activity as an architect giving us a better understanding of the evolution of these landmark buildings, their patrons and makers, success and influence.’’

The three-year nine-month project, in partnership with Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, will deliver a thorough analysis of the context, importance and contribution of Mackintosh's architecture.

It will generate the first detailed catalogues raisonnés of Mackintosh's architectural projects and his architectural designs, together with transcriptions from the practice job-books and other archival sources. It will systematically identify and research the wider networks of clients, contractors and tradesmen and define their contributions. Physical surveys by Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission will identify construction methods, materials, and technology used, and confirm the history of subsequent change.

The completed research will be made available through a free-access, online database with results analysed in a series of specialist, on-line essays and an exhibition and conference organised by the Hunterian at the end of the project.

Received a small postcard through the door today from GSA about the final 7 submissions for the new campus build adjacent to the main building. Requires my login details to cast a vote on which submission is the best, so hopefully I can get the images online as soon as possible, depending on whether or not I am allowed to post them online, though I don't see why it should be that confidential!

The site currently holds three buildings, which will be demolished in 2011: the student union building, dating to the mid-1930s,

That's obscene. The students' union building may be worn around the edges, but it is an excellent venue and one of the few remaining non-glitzy/modern/IKEAesque students unions in Scotland - I've spent many a happy evening in there.

The building itself is perfectly sound too; a bit of a touch-up and it would be an asset to the GSA campus. It completements Macintosh's building without detracting from it or claiming any unwarranted status.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to chain myself to some railings.

The Vic is a shithole though. But you will be pleased to hear the Steven Holl/JM Architects scheme incorporates it into the scheme by building over it.

Afraid I can't get the images off they have set it up with a fancy flash application that makes it impossible.

The Vic is a shithole though. But you will be pleased to hear the Steven Holl/JM Architects scheme incorporates it into the scheme by building over it.

Afraid I can't get the images off they have set it up with a fancy flash application that makes it impossible.

There's always the trusty 'Print Screen' key, but I'm assuming that we'd need to ask the permission of GSA? a quick print screen coulldn't hurt surely...

Did you think all the submissions were incredibly cubey and disappointing?
Whatever submission is chosen, one thing that looks certain from the drawing boards is the pedestrianisation of the road between the two buildings (Renfrew Street)

Macaslan & Nord's scheme is easily the most convincing, and easily the most interesting spatially ... imo. :)

Its just nords scheme - mcaslan apparently had nothing to do with it.

Get the pictures up asap!

what site are the images on?

what site are the images on?

They're on : http://www.gsa.ac.uk/architecturalcompetition but you need to be of GSA alumni or a current student to sign in and view the submissions. Dunno why it's so bloody top secret.

can a mac alumni / student not screen grab the pics. If they put them up like that there asking for them to enter the public domain.

:D

Benson + Forsyth
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/BF.jpg

Elder & Cannon
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/EC.jpg

Fransisco Mangado
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/FranciscoMangado.jpg

Grafton Architects
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/GraftonArchitects.jpg

Hopkins
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/HopkinsArchitects.jpg

John Mcaslan & NORD
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/JohnMcAslanNord.jpg

Steven Holl with JM Architects
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/StevenHollwithJM.jpg

Legend.

love the anonymous nature of the submission!

Have had a good look at the submissions on the website below.
For me the Nord proposals stand out from the rest.... not what I expected i have to say.

Likewise meagain. Had a browse through the submissions last night and I'm also impressed by McAslan + Nord's scheme which is quite poetic. I also, to my surprise, found myself liking the Benson and Forsyth one. They pulled out all the stops with that submission and it rises to the occasion. Perhaps the proposed building is a bit over designed but that's their signature style. Nevertheless the model based presentation is really effective for showing the rich spatial qualities of the scheme. It would be a pleasure to be inside. Felt like a good foil to the Mac.

are there further images? Firstly summery of my thoughts based on the above images.

B&F - looks like a fairly complex scheme. Just not sure if its all been done before. It looks more like a cultural building than an educational one which I like.

E&C - Disapointed by the south elevation however I like the materiallity - copper - bronze finish.

Mangado - the boy loves his fins! I like them too and the deep entrance looks interesting. Its all aboyt the detail of something like that.

Grafton - WTF? I thought these guys might win. cant tell anything from the sketch.

Hopkins - Again tough to tell but im not convinced by the massing with the boxes popping over the street. it seems very diagramtic.

Nord - ace model. looks good spacially. simple but beautiful.

Steven Holl - The looks very intersting. I like the building wrapping round the exisiting building. I think this combines the civic look of B7F and the intersting massing of Mangado.

Aye, I hate to form judgement based on one image, but a few thoughts immediately come to mind. Grafton looks like they're taking the piss. Benson & Forsyth, Holl and Elder & Cannon's submission all look very much like their 'signature style', especially B&F's.... it's the Museum of Scotland/National Gallery of Ireland in Glasgow. I like the trees in the Holl/JM and B&F. Also like the retention of the Vic in an interesting way in the Holl scheme... would it remain open as a student union? A few good times at Utter Gutter spent there myself.

I don't get the NORD submission. To everyone gushing over it - have you seen many more images of it?

I don't get the NORD submission. To everyone gushing over it - have you seen many more images of it?

Well there's a few images. They're all on boards which you zoom in and look it so it's hard to get extracts from it. Here's a few more from the Nord/ John McAslan submission:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD3.jpg

Benson + Forsyth
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/92219bd1.jpg

Elder & Cannon
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/79fdd10a.jpg

Fransisco Mangado
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/66774124.jpg

Grafton Architects
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/1b6bf615.jpg

Hopkins
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/d3821697.jpg

John Mcaslan & NORD
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/1d7ac9fb.jpg

Steven Holl with JM Architects
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv284/MacCompPics/b3d2e569.jpg

I really like the Hopkins shceme and also like the E&C scheme but must admit that non of them offend me...so alls good on that front.

I really like the Hopkins shceme and also like the E&C scheme but must admit that non of them offend me...so alls good on that front.

Yeah Hopkins had a cool idea for the steps outside, integrating the ramp into them.

Well there's a few images. They're all on boards which you zoom in and look it so it's hard to get extracts from it. Here's a few more from the Nord/ John McAslan submission:

Just recopying your links to Images Objeckt hope you dont mind.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gk_123/NORD3.jpg

My bootlegged images have made the AJ. :D

Revealed: Leaked images of Mackintosh shortlist (http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/revealed-leaked-images-of-mackintosh-shortlist/5202387.article)

Goes to show they are checking this site those pesky journos. Plus is great to have a chance to create the news sometimes! :)

^^^ I wondered if thats where the "leaked" images came from!!!!

cool!

As an architect maybe I'm unusual in actually liking Starchitects. For all their posturing, they still produce excitement and novelty and I don't think these qualities are as superficial as they're often made out to be. However, I don't think this project brief and this site are suited to such gestures. What Mackintosh's proto-starchitect building needs as a neighbour is an understanding but honestly of-our-day friend. And for this, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to judge by images alone. Other commentators here have said as much already. So, in both seeing all the above images and having a vague hunch on what the tone of the discussions that led up to this shortlist might have been like, I'm guessing the Elder and Cannon scheme is in front here. If I were pitching a movie, I'd say their exterior perspective is 'Charlie's building meets that shopping centre across the road on Sauchiehall Street (the one with WH Smith in it)' which might seem hardly a compliment but it has a subtly touching prosaic awkwardness about it which, as one looks further at the interior perspective, starts to unfold into a certain rightness about their proposal which is - again I'm guessing - as focused on the idea of what an art-education institution is as it is on making gestures. But I'll bet its bashful hulk would, in the rain, be full of little gestures, both practical and offering glimpses into other potential or wider worlds. All just a hunch, of course. But hey, their exterior perspective shows the streetscape in the rain. No rainbow; no thunder-and-lightning 'strurm-und-drang' just... rain. That almost persuades me just by itself.

is....

Cue Drum roll....

Duh dah: it were Steven Holl what won it

Read all about it:

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3148238&origin=BDdaily

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/american-holl-lands-glasgow-school-of-art-mackintosh-competition/5207716.article

In a way I'm rather pleased about that. The Vic gets to stay!!!

Stephen who?

Steven Holl in Glasgow - great!

Anyone see Dunlop comments on the AJ website bemoaning the fact that it wasnt a Scottish office who won the project - what a short sighted comment from the wee guy...diddums.

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/595xAny/6/3/8/1210638_Steven_Holl_with_JM_Architects.jpg

It's funny when I saw Holl on the shortlist I thought / hoped he would win as I think he has a poetic sensibility closest to Mackintosh. I've been a fan of Holl's work for a long time and was the proud owner of one of the first edition limited run copies of his book Anchoring (in my opinion his competition winning scheme for the American Memorial Library in Berlin was one of the great unbuilt projects of the late 80's early 90's) until, alas, someone nicked it from the studio. Then I saw his GSA boards a couple of weeks ago and thought them a bit lacklustre, a reheating old themes from Kiasma and Simmons Hall at MIT (though both are interesting buildings). However it is worth mentioning that it was a design team and an attitude the jury were looking for rather than a scheme per se. They also visited two buildings by each of the practices over the summer so that will also have swayed them. I think not going for a design but rather a team is a smart move and will be interested to see how this evolves.

Anyone know anything about what materials will be used?

No but check out his website and that will give you an idea of his preferences:

http://www.stevenholl.com/index.php

It will also give you an idea about why I'm excited that Holl is getting a chance to build in Scotland. He is a very interesting architect. Hopefully he'll rise to the challenge of that site.

Thanks bud:) Looks like styrofoam and a granite kitchen top to me. You think B&Q make them that big?;)

By the way, how many other phases are there and what do they consist of? They're not going to have a big fuck off uber comp every time they want to throw up something new?

Im delighted for JM (McKeown/Alexander) and know that they will build a good 'un.

The whole lightscoop/tube thing is intriguing!

Yay. Exciting stuff.

Funnily enough, I had a dream about this last night. All my dream told me though was that Benson + Forsyth didn't win, so I'm not claiming any psychic powers quite yet.

Holl was the smartest choice. Can't wait to see what materials are used, and more detailed renders.

:)

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1893/gsawin.jpg

Rather exciting for Glasgow, this. To my mind, the E&C scheme would have made a less showy rival but still, the arrival of different cultural approaches to the city will be refreshing. And I don't think anyone here familiar with Holl's other work will likely doubt his considerable talent. He's still at that stage in his career where he still, personally, really engages deeply in projects, rather than overseeing an eager young staff able to emulate a 'signature style' and add it to their CV, before going off to forge 'real' work of their own. Holl's still doing real work. At least, his indication that he'll be staying in Glasgow for significant periods of time certainly indicates this. I mean, when was the last time you saw a... famous female architect wandering down Sauchiehall Street? Possibly the same time as you saw Ralph Lauren go in to check up on his store on Ingram Street?

Rather exciting for Glasgow, this. To my mind, the E&C scheme would have made a less showy rival but still, the arrival of different cultural approaches to the city will be refreshing. And I don't think anyone here familiar with Holl's other work will likely doubt his considerable talent. He's still at that stage in his career where he still, personally, really engages deeply in projects, rather than overseeing an eager young staff able to emulate a 'signature style' and add it to their CV, before going off to forge 'real' work of their own. Holl's still doing real work. At least, his indication that he'll be staying in Glasgow for significant periods of time certainly indicates this. I mean, when was the last time you saw a... famous female architect wandering down Sauchiehall Street? Possibly the same time as you saw Ralph Lauren go in to check up on his store on Ingram Street?

Zaha was round my house the other night SR - Foster was doing lines off my old fireplace surround with Gehry in the hall wasted on cheap red wine.

She makes a mean macaronni cheese + space raiders i can tell you.

Thanks bud:) Looks like styrofoam and a granite kitchen top to me. You think B&Q make them that big?;)

The model has been rapid prototyped by the looks of the 'styrofoam'

A BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/glasgowandwestscotland/content/articles/2009/03/11/mackintosh_biography_feature.shtml) clip of a documentary on how some of the mackintosh buildings were at threat during the 70s when the m8 was being planned.

Also

100 years since the completion of the Mackintosh Building

Mackintosh's Masterpiece: The Glasgow School of Art

Goes out on Monday 21 September at 9pm on BBC Two Scotland.

That Mac documentary on BBC2, just finished, was great! There was one - just before - on BBC4 which had me squirming somewhat over all the usual suspects going through the pious motions of references to genius. Bleh.
But the BBC2 one came up trumps. It had a nice voiceover from a voice I was trying to put a name to all the way through. It was full of wonderful, interesting people saying and doing wonderful, interesting things. I guess, in fact, it's the first real portrait of a real building as a work of architecture really is I've ever seen on the screen. No wanky, weird-angle camera-work, apart from the dog but... that was kinda sweet. No holier-than-thou 'avant' atonal music (contemporary with 'avant' modernist architecture, geddit? :llama:) but instead music from the guy who works in Jessops (or used to) and people being human, not gawping at some spatial corner as if it were about to do something really interesting.
For all its attention to other things; for all its distractions, I learned more about Mackintosh and his building from that BBC2 show than I've learned about an architect and a building ever before. So, bravo BBC. I guess I will pay my license fee. In installments, mind.

Sounded like Daniella Nardini to me.

Sounded like Daniella Nardini to me.

You win the prize! I was watching out at the end credits. At moments I thought it might be Kelly MacDonald but too much of a twang...

i'm gutted the Mac programme isn't on iplayer. Hopefully it will get a second airing.

The more I think about it, the more i think that Steven Holl might not be the correct choice. Although I admire his work greatly, from what I have seen of his past work and his small sketch model for the competition i think his work / proposal may be a little to fussy to sit across from the mac. Maybe a more robust proposal from Grafton akin to their Milan building would have been more suitable. Thoughts?

Mackintosh Building centenary edition of The Culture Show (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00npk0d) to be broadcast this Thursday 29/10/09 at 7pm on BBC2.

AJ (http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/pick-up-a-rennie-mackintosh-original-for-just-100/5212063.article)

Toshy gets his face on a hunner sauce. :)

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/595xAny/8/2/9/1216829_getEdFrontImage.jpg

Those of you who were unaware of the event, Steven Holl did a lecture at the GFT this morning at 11am. The lecture was recorded and can be viewed via the following website: http://www.gsaevents.com/live

Overall the lecture was pretty good, despite the teething problems with the projector at the beginning. He's done some pretty interesting work worth a publi opinion.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/The-greening-of--Glasgow.5987928.jp

E architects (http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/house_for_an_art_lover.htm)

Location: Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Charles Rennie Mackintosh building constructed to his original plans in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Designed in 1901.

The House for an Art Lover resulted from a competition design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.


http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/house_art_lover_kh260110_2.jpg

http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/house_art_lover_kh260110_1.jpg

Report last year on the Mac frieze @ the GAC.

Herald (http://www.heraldscotland.com/art-club-seeks-pound-1m-to-restore-lost-rennie-mackintosh-frieze-1.828309)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's first major frieze has lain hidden under several layers of paint for nearly a century in the Glasgow Art Club, but trustees are on the verge of launching a major fundraising campaign to bring the architect's "lost essay in interiors" back to life.

Painted in 1893, the stencilled frieze features sage-green thistles intertwining on a light-yellow background to create an art nouveau lattice. It was the centrepiece of the art club's gallery but, due to its position under the eaves, it suffered water damage and was eventually painted and plastered over


In for planning.

Reference: 10/00446/DC Community Cnl: Anderston
Address: Glasgow Art Club 185 Bath Street Glasgow
Proposal: Internal alterations comprising investigative works to reveal decorative frieze.
Date Received: 25.02.2010 Date Valid: 23.03.2010
Applicant
Details:
The Trustees Of Glasgow Art Club
Agent Details: 0141 334 2795
Alan Ferdinand
2 Alfred Terrace GLASGOW G12 8RF
Ward: Anderston/City Representation Expiry Date: 07.05.2010
Type: Listed Building Consent Level:
Case Officer: Mr S McCollam, 0141 287 6021
Listing: A Cons Area: Central Area
Map Reference: (E) 258503 (N) 665785

Building.co.uk (http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=3162965)


Steven Holl: After Mackintosh

30 April 2010

For most people in the UK, Steven Holl is the best architect they’ve never heard of. Now he’s tackling the world-famous Glasgow School of Art, that’s about to change

Late last June the man Time magazine described as “America’s best architect” could have been found walking the streets of Glasgow, notebook in hand, sketching furiously and taking notes. Up and down Renfrew Street, looking at the scale of the buildings, the quality of the light, the fabric of the city, returning again and again to the red stone facade of number 167: Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art.

Steven Holl comes across as a quiet man. Not for him the flamboyance and chutzpah of Frank Gehry; the corporate polish of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the minimal whiteness of Richard Meier. Which may explain why, despite completed buildings in the US, Europe and Asia, and an order book running into billions of dollars, he is relatively little known in this country. It doesn’t help that he has never built anything in the UK. Until now.

http://www.building.co.uk/Pictures/436xAny/l/h/v/Steven_Holl___Courtes_6FA94.jpg

...to the red stone facade of number 167: Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art.



Eh, last time I checked it was Blonde... ;)

Reference: 10/01099/DC Community Cnl: Garnethill

Address: Site Bounded By Scott Street/Renfrew Street & Dalhousie Street Glasgow
Proposal: Erection of educational building for Glasgow School of Art and part alteration to and refurbishment
of existing Assembly building following associated demolition of Newbury Tower and Foulis buildings Additional Consultations Required

Date Received: 11.05.2010 Earliest Date for Planning Application: 03.08.2010

Prospective Applicant: The Glasgow School Of Art

Agent Details JMarchitects
6th Floor 144 West George Street Glasgow

Contact details for prospective applicant:
JM Architects in association with Steven Holl Architects (New York), Mr Henry McKeown, 6th floor,
144 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2HA
Fax: 0141 333 3921, Email: henry.mckeown@jmarchitects.net

Ward: Anderston/City

Type: Proposal of Application Notice
Case Officer: Ms S Connelly, 0141 287 6095

Listing: CS Cons Area: Central Area
Map Reference: (E) 258443 (N) 666008

Glasgow School of Art

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ty4wj)

Today, 18:30 on BBC Two


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/images/headings/logo.gif

Dr Jonathan Foyle, architectural historian and novice climber, scales Britain's most iconic structures, from the Normans to the present day, to reveal the buildings' secrets and tell the story of how our architecture and construction has developed over 1000 years.

The next step of Jonathan Foyle's journey takes him to the Glasgow School of Art, built from 1897 by young artist Charles Rennie Macintosh, it's one of Britain's most controversial, challenging and celebrated buildings.

With unprecedented access Jonathan, aided by top climber Lucy Creamer, scales the school to reveal the myriad of influences, from medieval castles to Japanese heraldry, that Macintosh used to create his modernist masterpiece. On his architectural treasure hunt Jonathan scales over 90 feet to reveal how Macintosh's building is modelled on a baronial castle, he discovers how Macintosh pokes fun at traditional architecture and he investigates how nature and the industrial revolution combine, when he explores one of the greatest rooms in Europe - the Macintosh Library.

Charlie boy is lured in to the Graphic Novel world.

Waterstones (http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/sha+nazir/david+braysher/monica+callaghan/stuart+robertson/peter+trowles/david+braysher/sha+nazir/the+amazing+mr-+mackintosh/8030458/) :cool:

http://www.waterstones.com/wat/images/nbd/l/978095/577/9780955778117.jpg

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12699334)

10 March 2011 Las

Mackintosh work to aid Glasgow Art Club

Help Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was turned away as a member of one of Glasgow's most prestigious art clubs, could now help the Glasgow Art Club to raise the remaining cost of a £1m refurbishment.

One of his earliest works, a wall frieze, has been discovered beneath layers of paint and plasterwork and it is hoped that a replica of the frieze could attract new visitors to the club.

Item 3 (http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/submissiondocuments.asp?submissionid=49598)

27th April 2011


Bellahouston Park- Partnership proposals with House for an Art Lover

Purpose of Report
To advise Committee of emerging development proposals for House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park.

Recommendations
It is recommended that the Committee consider
i) the emerging development proposals for House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park, and
ii) a proposed 2-year lease of the adjoining operational depot to facilitate development of the
project.


1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Over the last decade Glasgow City Council Land and Environmental Services has worked
in partnership with House for an Art Lover, and others, to deliver arts education, community
events and greenspace investment within Bellahouston Park.
1.2 This partnership aims to stimulate additional visits to the Park, and has resulted in the
creation of new attractions within Bellahouston Park. The high quality of these has now
been recognised with a Scottish Design Award.
1.3 There remains the potential for the above partnership to contribute towards the aims of the
Strategic Best Value Review of Parks and Open Spaces, through facilities provision that
could include additional café, toilet and educational facilities in future.
2. PROJECT PROPOSALS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2.1 A community consultation exercise was undertaken by House for an Art Lover and Land &
Environmental Services in November 2009 to explore how additional facilities might be
delivered, through the involvement of Community Council’s bordering the park. These
included representatives from Govan, Mosspark, North Cardonald, Hillington & Penilee,
Pollokshields, South Cardonald and Crookston Community Councils.
2.2 A presentation to local arts community took place on the 17th February 2010, with further
presentations to the Govan and Craigton Area Committees in November 2010.
2.3 Through this process, it has been identified that additional facilities provision would benefit
park users and support local regeneration and educational initiatives, and that such a
facility may contain the following provision:
�� a Heritage & Information Centre for Bellahouston Park
�� a studio for art classes for children and adults
�� a Meeting Room for events and community activities
�� a Café for light snacks and refreshments
�� Toilets for the users of the Park
�� An outdoor space suitable for community events
2.4 A major enabler for such a development has emerged as a result of property rationalisation
proposals within Land & Environmental Services Operations. The adjoining Parks depot
could be relocated with associated reductions in overhead, in favour of pursuit of an
alternative use of the Parks asset by an adjoining partner facility within the Park.
3.0 PROPOSAL
3.1 Through their links to decision makers within the Arts community, House for an Art Lover
has undertaken to lead fundraising efforts in relation to the above, and have set themselves
a fundraising target of £2.9 million.
3.2 Land & Environmental Services recognises that delivery of such a project could
substantially contribute towards the Strategic Review of Parks and Open Spaces, and
acknowledges that the release of the adjoining site would be a significant enabler in
securing funding.
4.0 SERVICE IMPLICATIONS
Financial: Release of the operational depot will contribute towards Service savings
targets (net of any associated relocation costs).
Legal: The necessary legal work to conclude the lease will be undertaken by Legal
Services in conjunction with DRS.
Personnel: None
Service Plan: Contributes to the aims of the Best Value Review of Parks and Open Spaces
Environmental: The proposals will significantly enhance the quality of Bellahouston Park
through enhancement of the existing facilities.
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 It is recommended that the Committee considers -
i) the emerging development proposals for House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park, and
ii) a proposed 2-year lease of the adjoining operational depot to facilitate development of the
project.
5.2 The principal terms to be determined in conjunction with DRS, Legal Services and City
Property.
ROBERT BOOTH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LAND & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
27 April 2011

Meant to post this ages ago (somewhat swamped at the mo) and, to be honest, I’m surprised this has not been mentioned before now but the Glasgow School of Art and the Hill House did not get on to the British tentative list for potential World Heritage sites which is obviously a bit of a blow for the council’s ambitions in that regard. The list was announced back on 22nd March.

You can read the Mackintosh submission document here:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/WHAF_Buildings_CRMackintosh_Glasgow_.pdf

And the expert panel response for all the submitted sites is here:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/Review-WH-Tentative-List-Report_March2011.pdf

However the pertinent sections for Glasgow and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are as follows:


Sites not recommended by the Panel for inclusion in this Tentative List

The Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland (C)

Two of Mackintosh’s surviving buildings had been proposed. The Panel considered that at this stage the case had not been made for potential Outstanding Universal Value. Mackintosh was influential within Europe but often through designs which were never executed. There was uncertainty about the overall significance of his work and that of contemporary architects. Any future proposal based around his work would need to be supported by a thorough and comprehensive study of the work of architects in this era. This might be an area for research.

7 Summary of General Recommendations

7.3 The Panel’s consideration of the applications for this Tentative List has identified several new areas in which it would be helpful to have guidance from research carried out on the international scale. Former RAF Upper Heyford flagged up the need for a wider understanding of the physical remains of the Cold War so that appropriate nominations of relevant sites could be made in the future. St Andrews brought to the fore the concept of sport as something potentially to be recognised on the World Heritage List. In discussing The Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Panel thought that it would have been helpful to have had guidance on the relative significance of architects on the world stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and also a more considered overall judgement on which are their truly outstanding buildings. The Panel noted that the relevant ICOMOS International Scientific Committee is planning to work on this last topic. The Government is recommended to draw these areas to the attention of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as requiring further work but it would be unrealistic to expect resources to be available from UNESCO in the foreseeable future for thematic studies since there is already a long list of outstanding studies. It may be possible to find other bodies, such as universities which would undertake the necessary research to inform future nominations in these thematic areas.

Recommendation 1: The Panel recommends that the Government and national heritage bodies explore the possibilities of developing research in appropriate ways into the following topics:
• Early 20th century architecture and architects
• The physical remains of the Cold War
• The representation of Sport on the World Heritage List.

SITE 25 THE BUILDINGS OF CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH
Location: Glasgow and Helensburgh, Scotland On previous Tentative List: No

A. Summary of case presented by application

Proposed as a cultural site under criteria i, ii and iv

Brief Description of site: This serial site comprises two buildings: Hill House (HH) is a large L shaped villa overlooking the river Clyde. Mackintosh modernised the Scottish Baronial tradition by combining it with arts and crafts, grid and geometric forms, Glasgow Art Nouveau, and a strong Japanese flavour. Every part, detail and subdivided space has a tightly defined purpose. The interiors, designed with his wife Margaret Macdonald, are Celtic, ethereal and strikingly beautiful - white rooms, dark spaces, muted colours and coloured glass all contrast to dazzling effect.

The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art (MBGSA), developed from a simple E shaped plan on a very steep ridge, has vertical elevations and echoes of Scottish Baronial architecture. Fronted by Japanese armorial railings, the huge studio windows of the asymmetrical north facade shoot horizontally from the main entrance. The west facade is a sheer tower up the face of which runs 3 immensely tall oriel windows. Every space within the building is unique and memorable, including the cubic cage of the staircase, the southern high gallery, tiling and the leaded glass panels in the doors.
HH was built for the publisher Walter Blackie in 1902-3, and was occupied by his family until his death in 1953. It is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

The MBGSA was built in two halves (1897-9 and 19079), and visibly charts the considerable development of Mackintosh’s style. In 1896, funds only allowed for the eastern end and the centrepiece to be built. Ten years later the west side was developed. Mackintosh completely recast the west wing from his original design, making it more stylised, transforming the library into his "tour de force" .Today, the building continues an uninterrupted tradition of being a working Art School.

Proposed Justification for Outstanding Universal Value: Mackintosh was one of the greatest, most original fin-de siècle designers. Pioneering the idiosyncratic aesthetic "Glasgow Style" of Art Nouveau he rediscovered "form follows function", freed space, created decoration from functionality & incorporated all elements into a singular unified design. He forged a new architecture for a new age, crucially influencing the nascent European modern movement (particularly in Germany and Austria) .

Both the MBGSA and HH were a breakthrough, pointing the route from Art Nouveau (through cubism and constructivism) to modernity. The MBGSA is the most influential art school ever built. The complex articulation of spaces, verticality and asymmetry were radical. The HH revealed the transition from Art Nouveau to simple, proto-cubic abstract architecture. Radically, form followed function, windows and bays punctuated outwards where they were most needed, and every element had a specific purpose including subdivided rooms and extraordinary interiors.

Proposed criteria for inscription
i The highly original MBGSA and HH represent masterworks of the creative genius of Mackintosh. In their own right, they are both seminal buildings of the nascent modern movement and masterpieces of English Free Style architecture. Each building is a testimony to Mackintosh’s extraordinary mastery over the complex handling and subdivision of space, design unity, decorative arts and integration of vernacular principles. ii The most original fin-de-siècle architect, Mackintosh (and these buildings) exerted a crucial influence on the greatest continental architects (particularly in Darmstadt and Vienna). They shared a common vision and ideas but Mackintosh alone showed them the clear route out of Art Nouveau to modernity. His tendency for abstraction, free style, geometry, white walls and with inseparable ornamentation, the life centred principle, unified design, creating decoration from functionality, exerted a powerful influence continuing through Art Deco, Bauhaus and today. iv An Internationally important civic art school and dwelling house of great distinction, the MBGSA and the HH are also exemplars of English Free Style architecture and integrated vernacular principles. Both buildings exhibit the earliest stage in the birth of modern architecture. This is visible in Mackintosh’s proto cubist forms, geometry, abstraction, functionalism, innovative handling of space and white rooms
Other considerations: the application is supported by the two principal owners and by the local authorities

B. The Panel’s response
The Panel considered that the nominated buildings did not have potential OUV in their own right. A number of urban sites inscribed on the WH List already contain significant Art Nouveau architecture. They noted the significance of Mackintosh as an architect in Europe but noted also that much of his influence was through the published designs of unbuilt structures. The Panel also noted that there was uncertainty about the overall significance of the work of Mackintosh and other contemporary architects. They considered that there was a need for further research on the architecture and design of this period to identify truly significant buildings across the world.

Recommendation
The Panel judged that the potential of the Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh to demonstrate OUV had not been established and recommends that the Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh should not be included in the Tentative List.
The Panel recommends that any further nomination based around the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh should be supported by a thorough and comprehensive study of architecture in this era, which would need to be based on international research.

Do you think that a fair response? Personally I was dumbfounded that they could not recognise the significance of the GSA at least but couching it in the context of a broad international movement at that time is no bad thing. Just puzzled why Gaudi's works on their own are acceptable for World Heritage Status but the case has yet to be proved for Mackintosh's. Eh????!

Interestingly there was a later section on how things might proceed for compiling the next tentative list which may have implications for any future bid from Glasgow:

The next Tentative List

7.11 Section 6 (6.12 – 6.14) noted the advantages and disadvantages of the bottom-up process adopted for this Tentative List Review compared to the more thematic approach used in 1999. There are obviously major gains from using such an open process in terms of public involvement and commitment but these have been at the expense of a possibly more ordered thematic approach which might, for example, have produced a viable early railways application. No doubt the next full Review of the Tentative List is at least ten years in the future but it is important that its process should be informed by the lessons learnt in this Review.

7.12 A number of areas of thematic research relating to applications made for this Tentative List are identified in 7.3 above. The Panel also consider that it would be sensible to identify other possible themes where the UK has made a significant contribution to global heritage. Possible themes could include:

Natural Heritage
• Estuarine and Coastal wetlands
• Temperate rain forests

Cultural Heritage
• Cultural landscapes as the ‘interaction of the works of nature and man’
• Landscape parks and gardens
• Garden cities and suburbs, and the new town movement
• Manufacturing industry related to transport, including motor vehicles, aircraft and shipbuilding
• Civil nuclear power.

Recommendation 10: The Panel recommends that the Government, working with the national heritage agencies (both cultural and natural) and IUCN UK and ICOMOS-UK should identify opportunities for research on at least some of these thematic areas (see 7.12) to identify potential themes for a future Tentative List.

interesting read, thanks for posting this G.

a panel of philistines. can't help but feel there was more than some bias in the decision making process.

Pitt stop: Hollywood star visits Mackintosh house
The Herald 24th August 2011

HE is known to have a keen interest in architecture and has spoken of his admiration for Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

So it should have been no real surprise when Brad Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie visited the Mackintosh-designed Hill House in Helensburgh during a break in filming for the zombie movie World War Z.

A private tour had been booked for 10 people but, instead of the expected party of tourists, the two Hollywood A-listers turned up on Monday.

It was Pitt’s second visit to Hill House – which was built for Glasgow publisher Walter Blackie between 1902 and 1904. The 47-year-old star went there when he was filming Interview with a Vampire in 1994.

Lorna Hepburn, the National Trust for Scotland’s manager at Hill House, said: “Both Brad and Angelina were relaxed and friendly and clearly interested and knowledgeable. They were particularly taken with the decor of the master bedroom.

“We treated them with the same courtesy we would extend to any visitor and let them enjoy their tour without intrusion or interruption. After they had gone, we all felt exhausted but so grateful to realise Hill House is so renowned and appreciated from Helensburgh to Hollywood.”

Staff also revealed the pair splashed out on items from the gift shop. Retail manager Karen Fenwick said: “I spoke to Angelina and she said Brad had always wanted to come back to Hill House and he was teaching her about Mackintosh and architecture.

“They had a cup of tea and spent some money in the gift shop on Mackintosh things and some novelty pencils for the children. It was fantastic.”

The couple have been staying at Carnell Estate in Ayrshire while Pitt films in Glasgow.

For the production team, it might have been the last thing they expected in such a wet city, but yesterday they were forced to fake the rain as the cameras continued rolling.

Members of the crew hosed down the streets and dozens of prop cars, including yellow taxis, to create the illusion there had been a downpour.

Hundreds of extras gathered in George Square and South Frederick Street – which have been dressed to look like down-town Philadelphia – then ran through a dramatic scene in which they flee in panic from the zombie apocalypse. Technicians also set up a complicated crash sequence between a Volvo and an ambulance at the bottom of North Frederick Street.

Another scene was filmed outside The Piper on the Square pub, where owner Brian Warwick has shown some entrepreneurial spirit by selling World War Z souvenir T-shirts to customers. And the first ones he sold were to tourists from the real Philadelphia.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/pitt-stop-hollywood-star-visits-mackintosh-house-1.1119427

McALPINE SELECTED FOR GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART REDEVELOPMENT

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Sir Robert McAlpine has been awarded a £26.3m contract for the first phase of the redevelopment of the Glasgow School of Art.

The site, opposite the school’s Grade A listed Charles Rennie Mackintosh building, is currently occupied by three buildings: the Foulis Building, Newbery Tower and the assembly building.

The Foulis Building and Newbery Tower will be demolished and the assembly building will be partially demolished. In their place, Sir Robert McAlpine will deliver a new building of more than 11,000 sq metres by summer 2013.

Steven Holl Architects of New York, in association with Glasgow-based JM Architects and Arup Engineering, have designed the Phase 1 building.

Bailie Liz Cameron, executive member for development and regeneration at Glasgow City Council, said: “Sited opposite a world-renowned architectural landmark of the calibre of the Mackintosh building, Phase 1 of the Garnethill campus demanded a design that respected its situation as well as having qualities that allowed it to stand on its own.

“We commend the process by which this building has been commissioned and believe it has produced a bold, innovative and contemporary design which will be a worthy addition both to The Glasgow School of Art and the architecture of the City.”

Project manager is Turner & Townsend.


www.sir-robert-mcalpine.com

This project has nightmare written all over it !

Don't know if anyone saw this, but it has aout 20 mins about Mackintosh and Margaret McDonald Mackintosh. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01f1959/Sex_and_Sensibility_The_Allure_of_Art_Nouveau_Episode_2/

Mackintosh buildings 'are in need of urgent repairs'
The Herald 14th May 2012

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THE legacy of Scotland's most famous architect is at risk if work is not done to repair and restore buildings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a leading expert claims today.

Buildings designed by Mackintosh need immediate work if they are to have a future, according to curator, gallery owner and Mackintosh expert Roger Billcliffe.

Although praising some "wonderful success stories" in saving Mackintosh buildings in recent years, Mr Billcliffe said the outlook for others was "not at all rosy".

He told The Herald that the physical state of the building housing the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street was "very worrying", as was the state of Scotland Street School, parts of which he said were in "appalling condition".

One of Mackintosh's most famous buildings, The Hill House in Helensburgh, has "serious problems" with its harling, the covering used to coat the outer walls of the building. He added: "It's going to be expensive to resolve, and while a solution is sought the structure and interiors continue to deteriorate.

"The National Trust for Scotland is between a rock and a hard place here, and it's not entirely fair to criticise them, but they seem to have known of the problem for at least a decade."

The Queen Margaret Medical College, one of the earliest designs by Mackintosh, is in a "pretty terrible state, standing exposed and forlorn", according to Mr Billcliffe. However, he is positive about its recent acquisition by the G1 Group, given the company's good track record of restoring older buildings and finding them a new use.

A G1 spokesman said: "We are undertaking a process of protecting and conserving the building in conjunction with Historic Scotland and other bodies."

Other buildings about which Mr Billcliffe has serious concerns include the Martyrs School – which, like Scotland Street School, is run by Glasgow Life – as well as the former Daily Record building in Renfield Lane, Craigie Hall in Dumbreck, and Mackintosh's masterpiece, the Glasgow School of Art.

Mr Billcliffe notes his concerns in his new book, Visiting Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which is published next month.

Anne Mulhern, who runs the Willow Tea Rooms, said she is well aware of the structural problems with the building, owned by the Wilson Group of Northern Ireland, which is trying to sell it.

She said she had been in consultation with Glasgow City Council and the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society over the state of the building.

A spokesman for Glasgow Life said: "There is a constant programme of works maintaining the buildings we manage and a refurbishment of the windows to the rear of Scotland Street School Museum is due to finish later this week. We are also starting to plan what part the Charles Rennie Mackintosh items in Glasgow's collection might play in his 150th anniversary in 2018."

A spokeswoman for Glasgow School of Art said work had been carried out recently, with the mix of new and older harling giving the impression of patchiness "but this will reduce with time as the newer harling ages."

Since its completion in 1904, The Hill House in Helensburgh, designed by Mackintosh for Glasgow publisher William Blackie, has suffered from the effects of moisture penetration though its external plasterwork – a cement-based harling applied at the behest of Blackie to give him a house devoid of "adventitious ornamentation".

A National Trust spokeswoman said: "The Trust is currently exploring how best to resolve the longstanding issues of water ingress and the associated damp caused by the cement harling, which at the time of building was relatively untried.

"We have appointed a consultant to carry out a survey and who will look at previous repairs. In the longer term, we do recognise a major project may be needed."

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/mackintosh-buildings-are-in-need-of-urgent-repairs.17580834

Visited Scotland street school last year. Great building with some interesting exhibits but it could definitely do with a refurb.

I don't think enough effort is being made to make the most of our attractions. At the moment it's "here is a school, have a look around. See you." there is just no life to the place, which considering it is run by "Glasgow life" is disappointing!

I would refurb it, have some actors around, utilise the playgrounds. Have some old school games there, somewhere to eat, get some kids there! Make a spectacle of it. You could do all of this and still enjoy the architecture.

EL UFO MACKINTOSH
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Alternative Concert Hall (1898)

I wish the above gem by Mackintosh had got built. The new Scottish Hydro Arena would have complemented it perfectly.

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'The Alternative Concert Hall formed part of Mackintosh’s submission to the Glasgow International Exhibition competition in 1901. Thomas Howarth, in his book Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, suggested that the architect may have intended there to be 12 large cast iron roof trusses resting on the 12 buttresses on the external wall, but the drawings seem to indicate a clear roof span of about 55 metres.'

Unbuilt Mackintosh (http://www.robotica.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/welcome.htm)

(Thanks to M. Riaz for link)

Conservation Access Project (http://www.gsa.ac.uk/about-gsa/history-and-future/our-history/mackintosh-conservation-access-project/)

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Curtain up on Charles Rennie Mackintosh festival

BBC News 11th October 2012

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The life and works of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh are to be celebrated during a two-week festival in his home city.

Theatre, music and exhibitions will feature in the inaugural Creative Mackintosh Festival, which runs in Glasgow from 15 to 28 October.

A curtain-raiser for artists and Mackintosh supporters will be held at The Lighthouse venue on Thursday night.

It will preview an exhibition of unbuilt Mackintosh works.

Among the items on display will be large-scale architect's models of some structures that were designed and drawn but never built.

Mackintosh, who lived from 1868 to 1928, was responsible for numerous influential buidlings as well as being famous for his interior design.

At the Lighthouse event, Scotland's national poet Liz Lochhead will read her poem, Three Stanzas For Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Caroline Barr, chair of the Mackintosh Heritage Group, said: "Mackintosh and his fellow Glasgow artists started a movement that rippled out across the world.

"Sometimes we take our home-grown talent for granted, but now that we are starting an annual festival to celebrate his legacy we hope everyone will be able to find something exciting, inspiring and enjoyable in the works that have been commissioned in his name."

Glasgow City Council Bailie Liz Cameron said it was time that Mackintosh was celebrated in an annual festival.

"Barcelona has Gaudi, Chicago has Frank Lloyd Wright and Glasgow has the unmistakable Art Nouveau magic of Charles Rennie Mackintosh," she said.

"The inaugural Creative Mackintosh Festival represents a fantastic showcase of a world-renowned cultural icon whose innovative and influential style can be seen throughout the city and remains a major draw for international visitors to Glasgow today.

"From the Glasgow School of Art and The Lighthouse to House for an Art Lover and the Willow Tea Rooms, the festival programme is as diverse as the venues, featuring a varied range of talented writers, artists, musicians and performers each geared at exploring the fascinating and lasting legacy of the man who helped to transform art and architecture in the early 20th Century."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19903525

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Unbuilt Mackintosh (http://www.robotica.co.uk/unbuiltmackintosh/welcome.htm)

If HSR ever makes it to Glasgow and the need a new station for it they should build McKintosh's Rail Terminal, we can but dream.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Trail opens in France

BBC News 14th November 2012

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Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore has opened the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Trail in France.

The trail features 30 landscapes showcased across three permanent exhibitions along a route near the French-Spanish border in the Pyrenees.

Mackintosh became a full-time artist after pioneering the modernist movement in 19th Century architecture and design.

He died in 1928 and his wife scattered his ashes at Port-Vendres in 1929.

The Scottish government funded a special Mackintosh exhibition for the Entente Cordiale in 2004 and Mr Moore participated in celebrations at two of the three centres that are hosting the interpretative exhibitions of the Glasgow artist's work.

The £200,000 trail follows Mackintosh's footsteps from the Mediterranean coast to the mountains of the Cerdagne, and a bilingual book 'Monsieur Mackintosh' will present a "voyage of discovery" through the region he considered his home during the latter stages of his life.

Under the guidance of Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art, the exhibition has grown over an eight-year period to become a major attraction within the local tourist economy.

It has also encouraged an ongoing programme of Franco-Scottish cultural exchange, continuing the tradition of Europe's oldest cultural alliance.

At the ceremony, Mr Moore unveiled a bronze plaque by British sculptor Jane Robbins commemorating Mackintosh's life and work, accompanied by a troupe of pipers and Catalan dancers in the seaside town.

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BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20324548)

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The Highlands' Charles Rennie Mackintosh house

BBC News 16th January 2013

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An unusual house built at Farr in Inverness-shire to designs drawn up by a famous Scottish architect has been put up for sale. BBC Scotland was given a tour.

The term unique is all too-frequently used. Especially by estate agents.

But, on this occasion, the expression is justified.

In 1900, the celebrated Glasgow architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh produced drawings for the Artist's Cottage and Studio - a house intended for him and his wife Margaret, also a talented painter.

However, it was never built, in his lifetime at least.

Scroll forward 92 years and the building was finally completed on a site near Inverness, Mackintosh enthusiasts remaining meticulously faithful to the original designs, now held by the Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow.

The drawings only detailed the floor plan and exterior elevations. But the six-bedroom home has been painstakingly and studiously furnished in Mackintosh style, following genuine period details from interiors such as Hill House and Miss Cranston's famous tearooms.

And now the only house of its kind in the world is up for sale.

Kevin Maley, of estate agents Strutt and Parker, said: "It's extremely rare. I mean, we can't believe the interest we've had in it - the interest is international."

Owner Hans Van Kessel bought the Artist's Cottage around 15 years ago, but now he and his wife are downsizing - hence the reason for the sale - although he's still a true fan of Mackintosh style.

Mr Van Kessel said: "All the contemporary designs that you see nowadays, they're all obsolete or old fashioned in a few years' time.

"Mackintosh did it in 1900 and 1910 and, if you see the designs now, they're still modern."

The owner joked: "That's why we appreciate that time, because you don't have to change your interior every two years."

The selling agent agreed. "It's amazing actually, because Charles Rennie Mackintosh died 85 years ago and here we are still looking at his designs and all of what he created," added Mr Maley.

Of course, the slavish attention to detail in the Artist's Cottage and Studio does come at a price - at offers over £865,000 - although that does include a further two-bedroom self-catering cottage, also built in Mackintosh style.

And the prospective purchaser would also be buying a tourist attraction, a piece of history and something truly unique.

Video (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21048568)

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A document of a residency and exhibition by Ally Wallace at the Rennie MacIntosh designed 'Martyrs' School' building in Glasgow.

Mackintosh clocks to tick again at Glasgow Art School

BBC News 23rd April 2013

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A unique system of clocks designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be reinstated in Glasgow School of Art.

The 19 distinctive square studio clocks are linked to a master clock which should send an electrical pulse ensuring they all show the same time.

But the system failed decades ago and the clocks have not worked since.

Now a £16,000 grant has allowed the system to be repaired, and the clocks should be keeping time again within weeks.

It has taken a year to restore the "master and slave" clock system to its former glory.

The Archives and Collections Centre at the School of Art was awarded funding of £16,800 from Museums Galleries Scotland to help pay for the project.

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The clock system, designed and installed by Mackintosh in 1910, was a rare and important technical innovation at the time.

Unlike conventional clocks of the time, there was no need for winding and the whole system was low maintenance.

Horologist Nick Sanders, who worked on the project, said: "What's special about it is, before this time, clocks had to be wound up and adjusted every week.

"Every clock in the college here would have to be wound by hand, some by key, so they could have been five minutes, ten minutes out.

"With this system they all move together, they are all very precise and very, very accurate."

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22255042)