Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Design for Glasgow School of Art: plans for fire exit - East wing

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1899-1906

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Architectural detail of Mackintosh Building.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of basement floor - East wing

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Architectural drawing showing basement plan of building. This sketch, very possibly not in Mackintosh's own hand but drawn by a draughtsman in his office, shows how the accommodation was arranged in the East wing basement before the GSA was completed with the addition of the West wing in 1906-09. The technical studios on the plan were housed in a temporary building which can be seen in the perspective drawing of the unfinished GSA.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for the Grand Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

The competition, held in 1898, was won by the Glasgow architect James Miller with a considerably more ornate design for a 'bit of Spanish baroque confectionery' (McLaren Young). Like Miller's, Mackintosh's design derives from James Sellars' for the 1888 Glasgow exhibition, but simplified. 'The dome, perhaps a prerequisite for Glasgow exhibitions, remained, but it was presented with severe geometricality, with an Art Nouveau lantern surmounted by a Chinese coolie hat.'

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Roof of Napton Church, Norfolk

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Sketch of three angels playing musical instruments.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for Glasgow School of Art: east/west elevations

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Architectural drawing showing east elevation, west elevation and section through library. The East elevation was little changed in the process of building, but by the time the West elevation came to be executed 1906-09, Mackintosh's ideas had altered radically.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of ground floor - East wing

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

This sketch shows how accommodation was arranged in the East wing ground floor before the GSA was completed in 1906-09.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of Antique Room, Life Rooms etc

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Architectural drawing showing various plans. This sketch shows how accommodation was arranged in the East wing of the GSA before the West wing was added and the building was completed in 1906-09.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie