Title & Author:

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect. Part 2. / [presented by] Andrew MacMillan and Isi Metzstein.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1983.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (29 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Glasgow School Of Art. The Upper Corridor -- Glasgow School Of Art. Section -- Glasgow School Of Art. Part Plan Of Ground Floor Corridor -- Glasgow School Of Art. Main Staircase From Entrance Hall -- Glasgow School Of Art. Main Staircase At Upper Level -- Glasgow School Of Art. Light Fitting Over Staircase -- Glasgow School Of Art. Corridor At Top Of Stairs -- Glasgow School Of Art. Roof Light Of Museum Hall -- Glasgow School Of Art. Modelling Room In Basement -- Glasgow School Of Art. Bracket Detail -- Glasgow School Of Art. Room Above Library -- Glasgow School Of Art. Studio -- Glasgow School Of Art. Director's Study -- Glasgow School Of Art. Mackintosh Room -- Glasgow School Of Art. Library -- Glasgow School Of Art. Plan Of Library, Looking Up At Gallery Ceiling -- Glasgow School Of Art. Sections Through Library -- Glasgow School Of Art. Library Seen From Gallery -- Glasgow School Of Art. Library Bay Window Space Seen From Above -- Glasgow School Of Art. Glass Cupboard Door -- Glasgow School Of Art. Detail In Wrought-Iron Balustrading -- Glasgow School Of Art. Library Door Decoration.

Summary:

Andrew MacMillan and Isi Metzstein both studied architecture at Glasgow School of Art, and both have been partners since 1968 in the firm Gillespie Kidd and Coia. Metzstein first served an apprenticeship in that firm, but MacMillan gained his early experience in Glasgow City Corporation and then at East Kilbride New Town. Though Metzstein was born in Berlin, both architects are Glaswegians and both teach at the Mackintosh School of Architecture where MacMillan has been Professor and Head since 1973. The Mackintosh School is part of the School of Art, and it was for the latter that Charles Rennie Mackintosh built what was to become probably his finest work. For their talk, they have chosen to concentrate on this one building, using it as a vehicle to study Mackintosh's architectural intentions and his exploration of themes, and to show how his understanding and his ability developed from the start of the building in 1895 to its finish in 1909. MacMillan sometimes says he is the reincarnation of Mackintosh, having been born in 1928, the year he died. Be this as it may, certainly no two people are more favourably equipped to speak about Mackintosh as architect than MacMillan and his partner, constantly involved as they arc, not only with Scottish architecture and Mackintosh's native city, but intimately with his famous School of Art.

Subject:

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928.
Glasgow School of Art.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern

Added entries:

MacMillan, Andy, 1928-2014, narrator.
Metzstein, Isi, narrator.