When was glasgow school of art built

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a year-old junior draughtsman at a Glasgow architecture firm when he drew up the designs for the building that many consider his masterpiece. The first half of the Glasgow School of Art building was completed in But the dramatic art nouveau design of the building in the Garnethill area of the city centre took another 12 years to be completed, finally opening in It heralded the birth of a new style in 20th Century European architecture.

It is now considered one of Scotland's most admired and influential buildings and Mackintosh, under-appreciated in his own time, is lauded as one of the country's finest designers. The thick sandstone building is as renowned as the intricate detail and ornament of the interior. We have always been committed to providing full information and we continue to do so as requested. What was announced earlier this year was not that forensic work would begin. Rather, we announced that major work required to facilitate access to further areas of the Mackintosh Building requested by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for their ongoing investigations would start on 24 February.

Above that is his studio, which is accessed by a stair tower that extends beyond the roofline like a castle's turret. By the time of the second phase of construction between and , Mackintosh was a partner in the firm.

The delay enabled him to amend the design to include new second-floor studios, and workshops in the sub-basement, as well as introducing a more 20th-century look and feel influenced by the emergence of modernist ideas. In contrast to the austere, roughcast facades of the south and east sections, the west wing features a far livelier design, with dramatic oriel windows projecting out from the sandstone surfaces towards the street below.

The school itself describes the innovative design of this section of the building as "heralding the birth of a new style in 20th-century European architecture. The west wing accommodates the school's most famous room — the Mackintosh Library — which was constructed around a complex framework of timber posts and beams influenced by traditional Japanese architecture. The library also featured decorative details including short balustrades between a gallery and the wooden uprights that were enamelled in bright colours, and a cluster of electric lights that cascaded from the centre of the ceiling.

Since its completion, the Mackintosh building has functioned as a home for the school's fine art students and staff, and has been praised for how well its spaces continue to function more than years on from its completion.

In , the building was damaged by a fire, which was reportedly started by an exploding projector in the basement. The fire travelled up the west side of the building and across the roof, completely destroying the library. Reports in the immediate aftermath suggested that the majority of the building's structure was saved, along with most of its contents. The fire occurred during the build up to the school's annual degree show, and just a couple of months after the completion of a new building designed by American architect Steven Holl on the Garnethill Campus.

Holl's Reid Building features a geometric matte-glass exterior that contrasts with the sandstone facades of its historic antecedent.