Work begins on £10m Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms revamp

Work is beginning on a £10m project to restore and preserve one of Glasgow’s most famous buildings – the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms. The building, in Sauchiehall Street, was bought by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in 2014 with the aim of restoring the site to its former

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Lottery boost for revamp of Mackintosh’s Willow Tea Rooms

The project to revitalise one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s most well known creations has received a major boost from the Lottery. The Willow Tea Rooms Trust, which wants to re-invigorate the tea rooms designed by the architect and artist in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, has received a crucial ‘first round pass’

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Student flats plan places Glasgow School of Art under threat

Plans for student flats adjoining Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s world-renowned Glasgow School of Art are under attack with the institution claiming the A-listed masterpiece would be “very adversely affected” by the scheme. The GSA, heritage and conservation groups have been joined by politicians and members of the public in submitting objections

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Proposed Development on Sauchiehall Street

Currently there is a planning application pending with Glasgow City Council for the demolition of an existing building on Sauchiehall Street and the erection of student housing development with ground floor commercial and associated works. This proposed development is totally inappropriate and as you can see from the artists impression

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Restored Mackintosh Library at Glasgow School of Art to be based on 1910 design

The £51m restoration of the Mackintosh Building in Glasgow is to return to the ideas of its world-famous architect. The design team behind the restoration of the Glasgow School of Arts (GSA) landmark building is to return its famed library – destroyed in the disastrous 2014 fire – to Charles

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