Fears for Mackintosh legacy as Martyrs’ School goes up for sale
The ‘A’ listed Martyrs’ School, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is up for sale. This is a dreadful indictment on Glasgow City Council (GCC); that such a prestigious Mackintosh Building should be discarded without due care and discussion with the Mackintosh Society and other stakeholders. The agents representing the sale
A rare Mackintosh stool sells at auction for ten times the estimate
A rare stained oak Charles Rennie Mackintosh stool from Miss Cranston’s Argyle Street Tea Rooms sold at auction for £81,450 – more than ten times the original estimate. The stained oak stool attracted international interest at Lyon & Turnbull’s Design Since 1860 sale in Edinburgh on Thursday. The stool was
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
Glasgow School of Art picks architects to test Mac rebuild brief
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has appointed Reiach and Hall with Purcell to ‘robustly test’ its existing rebuild plans to restore the fire-ravaged Mackintosh building The two practices will be asked to ‘identify the appropriate route to delivery of the faithful reinstatement’ of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed 1909 landmark,
Mack to begin new architect search as spat with insurers heads to arbitration
The Mackintosh building will remain under wraps for two years before restoration work begins. Source: Alan McAteer for GSA The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is set to begin a new search for architects to restore its fire-ravaged Mackintosh building but has revealed it is locked in a dispute with its
AGM 2024 – Hybrid Meeting
19th Annual General Meeting – 8 June 2024 Information on the AGM business has been sent out to all members. If you cannot attend the AGM, the accounts and a full report will be posted on the Society website. We hope this year that you will be able to attend
‘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
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