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Glasgow School of Art

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The Glasgow School of Art is a higher-education art school in Glasgow, Scotland. Its most famous building, the Mackintosh Building by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (built in phases 1899–1909), housed studios, a public gallery and the celebrated Mackintosh Library; the building was severely damaged by fires in 2014 and 2018 and only a burnt shell remained after the second blaze.

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First raised

1845

Its prime

1909

Today

Partial ruin

As it stood in 1909

What Glasgow School of Art looked like in its prime.

A multi-storey masonry art-school building on Garnethill with an asymmetrical composition of studio ranges and a prominent vertical stair mass; banks of tall multi‑pane studio windows admit broad daylight into the upper floors. The roofline is varied with gables and stepped volumes. Interiors are richly timber-lined — studios, stair landings and the Mackintosh Library feature fine timber joinery using longleaf pine and tulipwood — and the building sits tight to Renfrew Street in an urban block.

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7 places to explore in 1909.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Glasgow School of Art, including 5 interiors: mackintosh gallery (public exhibition space), mackintosh library (timber interior), fine art painting studios and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach from Renfrew StreetMackintosh Gallery (public exhibition space)Mackintosh Library (timber interior)Fine Art painting studiosMain stair and landingsBasement service and workshop spacesSouth elevation from adjacent street

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