Objection to student accommodation on Sauchiehall Street

Plans to transform the former ABC building on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street into student accommodation and a ground floor food hall have now been submitted for planning. Haus Collective has submitted a detailed application for the key site on behalf of urban regeneration specialist Vita Group. Under the plans, the fire-damaged

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HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

We are deeply saddened by the news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s death. As the UK enters a national period of mourning, like many of you, we will be taking a moment to remember her majesty and the wonderful impact she had on so many of us as the

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Recipient of first Mackintosh/DSB Travelling Scholarship announced on Mackintosh’s Birthday

Aurora Takami-Siljedahl will use the award to research the work of Mackintosh in Glasgow and his contemporary, Josef Hoffmann, in Vienna. The scholarship has been established by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society with support from the DSB Award. A third-year Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) student in the Mackintosh School of

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The Mackintosh Fire Report Finally Published – 25 January 2022

Despite an unprecedented and extended investigative process, sufficient evidence to support any credible origin and cause hypothesis has not been recovered from the scene or evidenced in witness testimonies or eyewitness accounts. Therefore, the origin and cause of the fire incident at the Mackintosh Building on the 15 June 2018

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Support the Society

Support the work of the Society and protect the future of Mackintosh Queen’s Cross. The implications of the coronavirus pandemic are wide-ranging and fast-moving. With the temporary closure of our headquarters at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, this has significantly affected the diverse work of the Society. To help us we are

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New Online Tour of Mackintosh Queen’s Cross

The CRM Society have launched a new online internal tour of of Headquarters, Mackintosh Queen’s Cross. The Society were due to launch internal tours of Mackintosh Queen’s Cross in Spring 2020, however due to the building being closed due the ongoing implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is something we

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McGinlay Bell wins ideas contest for Mackintosh-inspired homes

McGinlay Bell has won an ideas contest to reimagine a pair of domestic concepts drawn up by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1900. The Glasgow-based practice’s design was described as a ‘runaway effort, beautifully presented’ with a ‘particularly individualistic’ take on the architect’s country house. Second prize went to David MacRitchie

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Mackintosh artists paint Glasgow School of Art fire as angry protest

THEIR peerless artwork has helped preserve the legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Now Dai and Jenny Vaughan have committed the destruction of his most famous building to the canvas in a devastating painting set to be unveiled this week. The Second Fire at Glasgow School of Art will have its

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Review: Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an artist with his eyes open. The exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, dedicated to his life and work, and that of his peers, is a view in true perspective of the world around Mackintosh, and the relationships within it. His designs have defined the cities we

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Notre-Dame fire raises important questions

By Pascale Caussat, The National  21 April 2019 People of Glasgow know what it is to cry over a national treasure. When the Glasgow School of Art, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece, was destroyed by the flames not only once but twice, you felt a sense of loss similar to mourning for a loved one.

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