One of the works of great Arts and Crafts architecture, the School is a creative synthesis of opposites: austere and delicate, dark and light, derivative yet innovative. While the towering outer wall seems to echo the Scottish baronial tradition and the exterior impression is one of imposing grandeur, the interior is a lively and complex set of spaces.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A GSA student's perspective,
By Charlotte D. Bonini (Castine, Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Glasgow School of Art: Glasgow 1897-1909-Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Architecture in Detail) (Paperback)
I too have been a student at GSA. I think that Dr. Macaulay's interpretation of Mackintosh's work is right on. Mackintosh himself was designing during a rather industrial area. It was a time when he was designing spaces for employees performing rather menial tasks, as well as weathly homeowners. However, he approached the design process in an organic and playful manner. This book expresses the best that Mackintosh had to offer.
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Mmmmm, I don't think so!,
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This review is from: Glasgow School of Art: Glasgow 1897-1909-Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Architecture in Detail) (Paperback)
As a student of GSA (Glasgow school of Art), I am perhaps in the best position to comment on such a subject. It seems to me that if Mr. Mackintosh ever visited the school , he did so with his eyes closed. He has completly missed the point of the building. Radically undestating its importance and beauty. Most of all I feel that it is truly hurtful the way in which he described the "menial nature" of the staff which enhabit this fine establishment. Although the text itself is completly removed from the reality the pictures are sweet.
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