Blog 2- Charles Rennie Mackintosh- Glasgow School of Art

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architecture built the Glasgow School of Art finished in 1909. When I think of Scotland and buildings there I tend to think of these majestic castles with medieval accents. When I first pulled up pictures of the school I thought exactly that, a building that looks like a castle with all the stone, contours (for being a square building, and levels. Whenever he created the school he wanted it to embody the architecture of his homeland and I think for the most part with how I envision Scottish buildings that he captured it very well. The building has caught fire twice but they have rebuilt those parts to keep the building as original as possible.

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