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M073 Competition design for Manchester Municipal Technical School

Address: Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
Date: 1892
Client: Corporation of Manchester
Authorship:

(Mackintosh and Office)

This was John Honeyman & Keppie's unsuccessful entry in the important 1892 architectural competition for a new technical school in Manchester. The Italian Renaissance-style building, of five principal storeys plus basement, was intended for teaching subjects such as Engineering, Chemistry and Printing.

Authorship: It is not clear who within the practice was responsible for the design, and it may well have been a joint effort. Some features, such as the arched windows, seem to be due to John Keppie; others, such as the Italian-influenced square tower, suggest Mackintosh's involvement.

Alternative addresses:: Granby Row; Rifle Street; Whitworth Street

Status: Unbuilt

Grid Reference: SJ 84483 97714

GPS coordinates: lat = 53.475922, lng = -2.235256 (Map)

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.