2024-12-21T20:34:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149939789/the-architects-trying-to-restore-mackintosh-s-library-to-its-former-glory Robert Urquhart 2016-04-23T11:43:00-04:00 >2016-04-28T00:44:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wh/whvb6rp2j0emlhgk.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/534/mackintosh" target="_blank">Charles Rennie Mackintosh building</a> at the&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/16607/the-glasgow-school-of-art" target="_blank">Glasgow School of Art (GSA)</a> is an iconic structure and home of one of the greatest art schools in Europe. The building, voted the best British-designed building of the past 175 years in a nationwide poll conducted by <em>The Sunday Times</em> newspaper and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2009, is an iconic role model for what we perceive as the ideal art school: a space that exudes creativity through design, atmosphere and craft.</p>