Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Vernacular stone walling 1

Part of Student papers of Christopher Platt, student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1974-1981, and later Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture

Free hand coloured drawings for different vernacular buildings in Scotland and England: Greenock, Fife, and Cumbria. The aim of these drawings is to study and understand the materials used at that type of buildings which are locally produced and manually built establishing Scottish vernacular building style.

Platt, Christopher

St. Andrews' Cathedral, Fife

NMC/1726HHHH
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[c1880s]

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Watercolour and pencil sketch of church ruins. There is no written indication of the location or date, but the structure can be identified as St. Andrews Cathedral. The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Vernacular stone walling 2

Part of Student papers of Christopher Platt, student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1974-1981, and later Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture

Free hand coloured detail drawings for different types of walls which all formed "a boundary between gardens or parks and the pavement". The aim of these drawings is to study the types and methods of using the local materials in Scottish and English vernacular buildings.

Platt, Christopher

St. Andrews' Cathedral, Fife

NMC/1726CCCC
Item
[c1880s]

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Watercolour and pencil sketch depicting the ruins of a church and gravestones. There is no indication of the location or date, but it is likely related to another watercolour sketch at the ruins of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Poster for exhibition '4 after 5', Fife

GSAA/EPH/10/300
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[Late 20th century]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Poster for exhibition '4 after 5', Serendipity Gallery, Lundin Links, Fife. Poster features portraits of four artists drawn by each other, namely Kay McLean, Catriona McDonald, Clare Scullion and Alan Rogers. The date of the exhibition is given as 22 Mar-08 Apr, no year is given but it is believed to be late 20th century.

*Not available / given

Falkland Palace

NMC/1726MMM
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14 Jul 1888

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Perspective drawing of Falkland Palace in the village of Falkland, Fife, accompanied by a partial plan of the structure and elevations of engaged columns on the façade of the building. The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Part of Student papers of Christopher Platt, student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1974-1981, and later Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture

Includes material for the study of vernacular stone walling from different places in Scotland and England.

Platt, Christopher

Office, Shore Street, Anstruther, Fife