Can this built heritage war room save a crumbling Glasgow?
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, where an impressive war room gathered last week (Image: Newsquest) Last week, inside the only church designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an impressive war room gathered. The mission? Save our built heritage, once and for all. Organised by Conservative MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane, the round table on
AGM 2025 – Hybrid Meeting
20th Annual General Meeting – 7 June 2025 Information on the AGM business has been sent out to all members. If you cannot attend the AGM, the accounts and a full report will be posted on the Society website. We hope this year that you will be able to attend
Mackintosh Society rejects criticism of pew disposal
In response to recent criticism published in the last week accusing the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society of disposing of Mackintosh pews at Queen’s Cross irresponsibly and without consultation, the Society refutes these accusations as misleading and untrue……. In 2014 the Society Council started investigating the potential removal of the front
Mackintosh in the Saleroom
Lyon & Turnbull present a collection of works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in their forthcoming Design Since 1860 auction on 16 & 17 April 2025 in Edinburgh. Here are three examples of those on sale. https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/design-since-1860-828 ‘BOULETERNÈRE’, CIRCA 1925Estimate: £100,000 – £150,000 Description: watercolour with traces of pencil, signed with
Closing date for landmark Charles Rennie Mackintosh building
A closing date has been set for the sale of a landmark Scottish city building by world-renowned designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Glasgow City Council is selling the A-listed Martyrs’ School, completed in 1898, which was most recently used as offices. Graham + Sibbald said that “internally there is a number
Mackintosh Lighthouse building ‘to reopen as green tech hub’
Glasgow’s iconic Lighthouse building could re-open as a hub for firms specialising in climate technology after details of the firm in talks to take it over were revealed. Startup facilitators Sustainable Ventures Ltd are in talks with Glasgow City Council to take on the lease of the building and transform
Architects sought for new visitor centre at Mackintosh’s Hill House
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) is set to launch a search for an architect to design a visitor centre at Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh. The Category A-listed masterpiece, designed with his wife Margaret Macdonald and originally built as a home for publisher Walter Blackie in 1902,
Wha’s like us? – Scottish culture on the reopening of Notre Dame
On the day that Notre Dame Cathedral reopens five years after a devastating fire, our finest building, the Mackintosh School of Art, still lies in ruins. Unlike Notre Dame, the Mack is a sad tale of political disinterest and project missteps. This mirrors the wider disregard for Mackintosh’s legacy and
Left to rot or burn: Glasgow is squandering its greatest legacy
Niall Murphy, director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, at Martyrs’ School on Parson Street, Townhead, Glasgow (Image: Colin Mearns) On the top landing of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Martyrs’ School in Townhead, Niall Murphy, director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT), is gazing up at the dark timber roof with awe.
Fears for Mackintosh legacy as Martyrs’ School goes up for sale
The ‘A’ listed Martyrs’ School, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is up for sale. This is a dreadful indictment on Glasgow City Council (GCC); that such a prestigious Mackintosh Building should be discarded without due care and discussion with the Mackintosh Society and other stakeholders. The agents representing the sale
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