2024-12-22T05:56:53-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150026998/glasgow-school-of-art-unveils-prototype-of-mackintosh-library-bay-based-on-the-original-1910-design Justine Testado 2017-09-08T18:09:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ca/camrcxoa70dgn368.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Today, the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/16607/the-glasgow-school-of-art" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glasgow School of Art</a>&nbsp;unveiled a full-size prototype of a section of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/480415/mackintosh-library" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mackintosh Library</a> bay that is based on the original 1910 design, marking another step forward for the building's restoration after the devastating <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/451932/gsafire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2014 fire</a>. Following two years of meticulous research and six months in the making, the prototype was presented in the workshops of specialist carpenters Laurence McIntosh and has been used for multiple design tests.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/84/84p7eke2vr1afy2j.jpg?w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/84/84p7eke2vr1afy2j.jpg?w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Mackintosh Library in 2014 (pre-fire). Photo &copy; McAteer Photo.</figcaption></figure><p>&ldquo;For those of you who remember the library as it was in 2014 the biggest change you will notice is the color. This is how we believe is how the library would have looked in 1910,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art, in a statement. Columns and shelves that survived the fire revealed that much of the library was constructed with American Tulip wood, he added.&nbsp;The Tulipwood for the Library is currently being sourced in the U.S. and will then be manufacture...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/124201653/page-park-architects-to-lead-glasgow-school-of-art-restoration Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-31T14:06:00-04:00 >2015-04-05T13:30:12-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ck/cki5gafqwik9owho.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Glasgow-based Page\Park Architects have been appointed from a shortlist of five companies who bid for the role. They will now start work on a detailed plan for restoration. Work is expected to begin in spring 2016 with hopes for academic access from 2017/2018. The art school is continuing efforts to raise &pound;20m to pay for the restoration of the Mackintosh and its contents. [...] They were lead designers for the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project from 2007-2009.</p></em><br /><br /><p>If all goes to plan, the library that was damaged by a fire in May of last year will reopen for the 2017-2018 academic year. The Glasgow School of Art has provided additional information regarding Page\Park's restoration and working relationship with the School in a press release, presented here in a slightly condensed form:</p><p>"The Glasgow-based architects have an extensive track record in both restoring and reinvigorating major historic buildings.&nbsp; They have also worked across the spectrum of Mackintosh's designs from the domestic at the Hillhouse, through commercial at the former Glasgow Herald offices - now the Lighthouse, to his finest cultural and academic work at the School of Art itself &nbsp;- as lead designers for the Heritage Lottery Fund supported Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2007-9)<br><br><em>&ldquo;The team assembled by Page \ Park Architects impressed us not only with their deep knowledge of the building, but of the wider work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh,&rdquo;&nbsp;</em>says Professor Tom In...</p>