Welcome to Mackintosh Architecture, the first authoritative survey of the architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
The major outcome of the survey will be a definitive, on-line Catalogue of Mackintosh’s architecture. The Catalogue will provide richly-illustrated entries for all of the architectural projects with which Mackintosh was associated; illustrated entries for the known drawings; biographies of clients, contractors, and suppliers; and illustrations and data from the office job books. Analytical essays will explore themes of context, making and meaning. The site is due to complete in 2014; at present you will find sample entries in The Catalogue and background information under the other tabs.
The project, based at the University of Glasgow and led by The Hunterian, received Major Research Grant funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The Job-Books
Data on contractors, suppliers and payments extracted from the office job books providing information on who worked on the projects, when and for how much.
People and Institutions
Biographical information on over XX clients, contractors and suppliers, presenting the wider context within which Mackintosh worked and identifying those who contributed to the realisation of the projects.
Catalogue
The first catalogue of all known architectural projects with which Mackintosh was involved, giving detailed and richly-illustrated descriptions.
Drawings
Catalogue raisonné of over XX architectural drawings. For some projects only a few drawings survive, for others they provide a detailed record of the evolution of a project over several years.
Images
Over XX images, archival and new, illustrating the buildings and recording significant change.
Essays
Analytical essays which explore themes of context, making and meaning and look at the history of the practice, the process of building, and the process of architectural drawing.
