‘Our once-beautiful Glasgow looks like a bomb hit it’
Marc Horne Saturday April 06 2024, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times The Lion Chambers on Hope Street Stuart Robertson, of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, says Scotland’s biggest city, a Victorian treasure, is falling into ‘third world’ decline, and the council is not helping. In 1967, Sir John Betjeman, the English
Heritage buildings in Glasgow have reached a ‘critical’ stage
Exclusive by Caroline Wilson Senior Reporter at The Herald – 27/3/24 The Lady Artists’ Club in Blythswood Square. (Image: Stuart Robertson) The condition of Glasgow’s heritage buildings is now “critical” and fire service cuts could lead to the loss of more treasures, the head of a conservation charity has warned.
Sauchiehall Street food hall to embrace the Mack
Glasgow does not need another Student Accommodation and this design in front of the Mack does nothing to improve the previous attempt that was eventually refused. Hopefully this will be rejected as well. Vita Group has revealed its early concept proposals for a combined food hall and student accommodation at
Mackintosh at the Willow is now part of the National Trust for Scotland
Celia Sinclair Thornquist at the Mackintosh at the Willow with Philip Long (Image: Gibson Digital / National Trust for Scotland 2023) Following negotiations and the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, it is confirmed that The Willow Tea Rooms Trust will transfer Mackintosh at the Willow to the National
AJ exclusive: Which architect ‘won’ scrapped Mack contest?
View on to the central corridor of The Mackintosh Building showing material which needed to be removed from 2018 (left). The same view in November 2022 (right)Â Source: McAteer The Architects’ Journal can reveal the architects that scored highest in the bungled search for a team to lead the Glasgow School
Charles Rennie Mackintosh heritage leader’s concern over buildings
Stuart Robertson, Director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society at Queen’s Cross Church in Glasgow (Image: Newsquest) The head of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society has said he is not convinced that Glasgow City Council values the architectural legacy of one of its most famous sons. Stuart Robertson, Director of
Mackintosh in the Saleroom
A trio of items by Charles Rennie Mackintosh will go under the hammer on 19 April by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh, as part of their Design since 1860 sale. Also included in the sale, the catalogue from the 1933 Memorial Exhibition. CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) CABINET FOR THE BLUE
The demolition of Glasgow’s architectural swagger
With buildings either being blown up or neglected, how can the city centre be preserved? © Leonie Woods Back in 1998, on what you might call the eve of Scottish devolution, I was working in Glasgow on a year-long festival of architecture and design. From the windows of my 10th-floor
Glasgow School of Art: cost and pace of rebuild criticised after 2018 fire
Management says Mackintosh building will fully reopen in 2030 as it emphasises scale of task The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building will fully reopen as a graduate school in 2030, amid ongoing criticism of the opacity around how much the rebuild will cost and how it will be funded.
Volunteer Spotlight: Moira’s Experiences Volunteering for CRMS
In this recent video Q&A and the fourth of our Volunteer Spotlights, Moira describes what it is like to be a Visitor Services and Tour Guiding Volunteer at Mackintosh at the Willow, discussing how and why she became involved and what she has gained from the experience. We are always
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