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Glasgow School of Art (1897-1909) is arguably the most important & world-renowned building in our practice history. It's described by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society as the architect's 'masterwork'; one that defined his career & established his reputation #Keppie170

The former John Ross Memorial Church for the Deaf, 158 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Designed by Norman Dick and completed 1931, this is a beautiful building, with a lot of intricate carvings of animals around the door. #glasgow #architecture #churches #glasgowchurches

In a year that saw us reflect on 170 years of our projects and evolution, we were delighted to receive the news of being recognised as Scotland’s No1 Architect, in this year’s @urbanrealm Top 100. bit.ly/4anep27 #Keppie #No1 #UrbanRealm #Scotland #Architecture

🎄 Season's Greetings from Keppie! 🎄 Wishing all our valued clients and collaborators a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025! #keppie #teamkeppie #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #NewYear2025 #KeppieCelebrates

12) Read in full: keppiedesign.co.uk/2024/12/keppie… #Keppie170 #charlesrenniemackintosh #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowherald #thelighthouse #glasgowarchives

11) I believe in later years this was removed, so if and when the Lighthouse re-opens Margaret will hopefully be seen again in all her galvanized steel glory.’

🧵1) Glasgow Herald: A Personal Perspective by Andy Scott. 'The Lighthouse Gates came about through an enquiry from Page and Park Architects via a limited competition. Image courtesy of @nebopeklo #Keppie170

7) While the set of construction drawings is incomplete, the highest numbered is 213. In those days, all the drawings were usually prepared by the architect, including structural ones. #Keppie170

6) It is difficult to tell how many of the drawings were by Mackintosh, although the elevations are undoubtedly in his style. They were possibly copies made by him to discuss with the builder on site, since there are notes scribbled on some of them. #Keppie170

5) Having thought the practice had either given away or sold anything to do with Mackintosh before 1990, it now had a set of original drawings for the Glasgow Herald Building. #Keppie170

4) Inside those were rolled-up working drawings of the building from the 1890s. Inside them, drawings from the 1880s. It seemed whoever was carrying out alterations from 1935 to 1937 had consulted old drawings from the practice’s previous involvement in the building. #Keppie170

3) However, in one of the very last bundle of drawings unrolled to catalogue, former Keppie director David Collin came across alterations to the Glasgow Herald premises in Buchanan Street / Mitchell Street from the 1930s. #Keppie170

2) This meant that in 2001, when a concerted effort to catalogue a huge backlog of historic drawings was undertaken, the practice archive contained mostly post-Second World War projects and only a small number of drawings prepared between the wars. #Keppie170

🧵1) Glasgow Herald In the late 1980s, with the interest in Mackintosh at its height, the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery had taken the practice job books and historic drawings it was interested in from Keppie Henderson to keep for posterity. #Keppie170