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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1893-1895 (creation); 1999 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorHoneyman, Keppie & Mackintoshen_US
dc.creatorMackintosh, Charles Rennieen_US
dc.date1893-1895en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-27T15:13:50Z
dc.date.available2012-12-27T15:13:50Z
dc.date.issued1893-1895en_US
dc.identifier180693en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2001en_US
dc.descriptionEast elevation, drain pipe; Mackintosh's earliest architectural work, the Glasgow Herald Building was produced in conjunction with the firm's junior partner, John Keppie (1863-1945). Although the overall disposition of elements and details, such as the fenestration are familiar from Keppie's repertory, Mackintosh seems to have been allowed to introduce many of his own ideas. The vegetable carving on the rainwater-heads, corbels and keystones, particularly of the higher storeys, is a typical Mackintosh innovation. The two six-storey elevations are unified by a higher polygonal tower scaffolded at the angles by continuous pilaster strips. The top of the tower, which contains a water storage tank, is corbelled outwards like a bursting bud, so adding to the feeling of growth. [The very narrow Mitchell Street was the home of the Glasgow Herald newspaper from 1895 until 1980 when new publishing practices created a requirement for more modern premises. The lower floors were used as production space where the newspapers where dispatched from platforms open to the street. When Glasgow was awarded the title "UK city of Architecture 1999", the block was altered and extended to create a modern Architecture and Design centre, the Lighthouse. As a working newspaper plant, the premises had been altered at various stages throughout the 20th century; as a result there were very few, if any, period furnishings to retain for its restoration.] Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/11/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumred sandstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectNewspapersen_US
dc.subjectpublishingen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectArt Nouveauen_US
dc.titleGlasgow Herald Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativeLighthouse, Theen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Lighthouse; Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the Cityen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MCR-TL-C26en_US
dc.contributor.displayCharles Rennie Mackintosh (British architect, 1868-1928); Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh (British architectural firm, 1904-1913)en_US


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