Hill House: Helensburgh 1903-Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Architecture in Detail) [Paperback]

James Macaulay (Author)

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Book Description

Series: Architecture in Detail | Publication Date: May 1994

This study presents a record of Hill House, one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's domestic masterpieces which underwent substantial renovation in 1992. The house combines Arts and Crafts honesty with Art Nouveau decoration and the ruggedness of a 17th-century Scottish laird's home. Built for the publisher Blackie, Mackintosh designed not only the house with its fixtures and fittings, but also the outbuildings, garden gates, walls, terraces and pergolas - all as part of a unified aesthetic conception. Charles Rennie Mackintosh is regarded as the most inspired of British Arts and Crafts architects and is now recognized as a pioneer of the Modern Movement. An outstanding furniture designer and painter, as well as an architect, Mackintosh was feted abroad - especially by the Viennese Secession - whilst remaining largely unrecognized in Britain. James Macaulay has also written "The Gothic Revival 1745-1845".

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Product Details

Paperback: 60 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press (May 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0714827800
ISBN-13: 978-0714827803
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,108,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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