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4th December, 1:57 pm
maggie vernal/mcgowan, Australia
I was lucky enough to work at the School between 1996 and 2004 when I left, only because I was emigrating to Australia.
I worked in the Estates Office, for Bill Mason.
I thought that I loved the School, more especially the Mack Building, but Bill, with his love of the building, made me realise what a truly unique work environment we were fortunate to inhabit.
I would have worked for nothing. To walk through those front doors in the morning, and to be allowed access through the doors from the foyer is one of the best feelings I have ever had. I cherish the days I spent there. The Mack Building has to be one of the wonders of the modern world, not for the "wow" factor, but for the beauty and detail it contains. I hope that the people who inhabit it today treasure it as I do.
Maggie
4th December, 1:23 pm
Petra Probstner, Kecskemet, Hungary
You can't find a better place to study interior design than the Machintosh building. The spaces, the views, the materials and of course the lovely folding details...
4th December, 1:11 pm
Lisa Smyth (McQuillan) 1997, Belfast
Glasgow School of art is a truly inspiring place to study - a life changing experience!
The Mackintosh Building itself is unique and haunting; there is a real sense of living history. All the people who have been there and those yet to go, will leave their mark in some way.
27th November, 10:33 pm
Frances Robertson, Glasgow
Amazing to see the deluge of praises from current or former students; this is a tribute in itself, and I now add myself to this list. The reason for this attachment is surely because the Mack building is still a working space, with austerity, grandeur, untidiness, and above all, students students students and their uncontrollable ideas (thank goodness for them!)
19th November, 11:15 am
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16th November, 7:40 pm
Lucy Gillies, Glasgow
I spend most days in the Newberry wishing I could be across the road in the Mac, still at least I can look at one of the best pieces of total design in Scotland. I love it!
16th November, 8:59 am
Abby, Washington, DC USA
I sadly only got to study in the Mackintosh Building for 2 terms, but after 6 months in Scotland, this was the only place I wished I could have taken home with me. I didn't know anything really about Charles Rennie Mackintosh until I went to Scotland (blame US education!) but I have fallen in love with his designs and what the school meant to me. I sit with a print of his stained glass, a calendar, and postcards of the tiled designs in the side stairs of the building on my wall as I type. I miss wandering through the halls, especially the top floor, looking over the city. No building to me is more unique than this! I was lucky that my studios were actually in this building so I got to appreciate it everyday!
13th November, 8:00 am
Helen Mørken, Norway
Great building. Truly unique.
12th November, 9:12 pm
lou, glasgow
aye, mon the art school :]
12th November, 5:05 pm
Antonio Tammaro, Glasgow
I am currently sitting in studio 50 of the glasgow school of art voting for one of the greatest places in history. Studying here is an experience that cannot be matched. the essence and aura of the building is on par with the likes of st peters basilica and grand central termial in new yok. truely breath taking.
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Norma Aldred, RCAHMS staff
I was very lucky to have the chance to study at Glasgow School of Art. When I arrived I did not know what great architecture was, but by the end of my four years I knew! Its influence on me was literally life changing. I had gone there to study sculpture but came away wanting to construct much larger objects- buildings. It took me another ten years but I eventually qualified as an architect and my memories of this marvellous building will always remain clear. I remember running up the stone steps under the specially designed clock over the entrance into the reception hall. It was a dark space with glittering mosaic portraits of past artists greeting me as I climbed the stairs wrapped around the porter's office into the large flood-lit space of the museum where we hung our temporary exhibitions beneath its elegantly crafted wooden roof structure. I remember the smaller details of the building from the delicately coloured stained glass panels in the doors to the elegant and practical easels in the studios. I remember the specially designed window seats where I used to sit with my friends and discuss our days and nights. I have to stop there as my memories are endless! I don't know any other building with so much to offer.