Item MC/A/12 - Model of Concert Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition

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MC/A/12

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Model of Concert Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition

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  • c1954 (Creation)

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A 3/32 inch:1 foot (3:384) scale coloured balsa wood model made by students of the Manchester University School of Architecture (under the auspices of Professor Thomas Howarth?). This item is damaged and is awaiting conservation.

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Exhibited: Edinburgh, Saltire Society; 1953. Paris, Musee Nationale d'Art Modern; 1960. Edinburgh, Festival Society; 1968. London, Architects Association; 1981.

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Purchased by GSA (with 3 other models) for £300 from the Saltire Society, Edinburgh, 1954. Model of GSA library presumed lost.

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Coloured balsa wood.

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Howarth, pp172-73, pl.68

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