Library, Glasgow College of Art (1909)*

Artist/Designer: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Project Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Figure 1: Renee Mackintosh, Glasgow School of Art Library. Source: Unknown, Glasgow – Various Interiors. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 2: Renee Mackintosh, Glasgow School of Art Library. Source: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow – Floor plan. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 3: Renee Mackintosh, Glasgow School of Art Library. Source: Unknown, Glasgow – Various Interiors. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Arts and Crafts

Primary Material(s):
Wood

Function(s):
Library

Related Website(s):

BBC News. "UK, Scotland Glasgow West Wing." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

The Guardian. "Archaeologists Dig Into Mackintosh Library." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

The Telegraph. "Glasgow School of Art Fire, Iconic Mackintosh Library Destroyed." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

The Independent. "What Happened When the Glasgow School of Art Went up in Smoke." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Great Buildings. "Glasgow School of Art." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Significant Date(s):
19th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Macaulay, James, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Mark Fiennes. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. New York, NY: Norton, 2010.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, H. Jefferson Barnes, Douglas Percy Bliss, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art. Glasgow: Glasgow School of Art, 1978.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, and Pamela Robertson. Charles Rennie Mackintosh: the architectural papers. Wendlebury: White Cockade in association with the Hunterian Art Gallery, 1990.

Additional Information

Building Address

167 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ, UK

Significant Dates

School founded in 1845
Architecture competition to find designer in 1896, won by Mackintosh
Library completed in 1909
Fire destroyed building in 2014, restoration continued, Fire Destroyed Library June 2018.

Associate Projects
The Willow Tearooms, Hill House,

Tags
Art Nouveau, Secessionism, Glasgow Style, Scotland, Mackintosh, Library

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