Developers have lodged appeal for rejected flats beside Glasgow School of Art

Back in April a proposed block of student flats next to Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Mackintosh building was rejected by planners. We have now been notified that the developers have lodged an appeal with the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals. If you wish to lodge further written objections

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Willow Tea Rooms Trust

Opportunities: The ambitious restoration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Willow Tea Rooms building provides opportunities for skilled makers in stencilling, textiles, and plasterwork. The Trust is seeking formal tenders for the design development, making and installation of replica curtains, stencilled textile panels, stencilled wall decoration and a decorative gesso panel. If

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Mackintosh Sketch for Sale at Christie’s

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) Sketch for a block of studios and flats for the Arts League of Service, Glebe Place, Chelsea pencil and bodycolour on board 5 ¼ x 5 in. (13.3 x 12.7 cm.) Estimate GBP 4,000 – GBP 6,000 In early 1920, Mackintosh received several commissions for buildings on the

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Rare Mackintosh Painting for Sale

In Mackintosh Watercolours, Roger Billcliffe indicates that this division between art and architecture was the opposite of how Mackintosh viewed his work, but it is an interesting introduction to the particular artistic talent of a man still known best for his architectural designs. Mackintosh drew throughout his life. Earlier in

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Mackintosh Bedroom comes home to Bath!

A Bedroom in Bath: Sidney Horstmann and Charles Rennie Mackintosh Exhibition 15 June – 1 October 2017 A suite of furniture designed by the world-famous Glasgow-born architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh is coming ‘home’ to Bath 100 years after it first arrived in the city. Designed for the family

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