This Glasgow institution was inspired by unfinished sketches from over 100 years ago.
You don’t have to love art to appreciate this stunning building nestled in the heart of a park in Glasgow.
Legendary architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret drafted plans for an Art Nouveau-style house back in 1901.The couple entered the design into a competition by a German design magazine which asked participants to design what they thought an ‘art lover’s house’ looked like. So how did some unfinished sketches of a house that were entered in a German magazine competition in 1901 result in one of the most iconic Mackintosh institutes standing in Bellahouston Park?
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